Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 622 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 87.5 57% 73.5 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 78.4 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 94 102 109 102 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 382 Write 181 Mixed 240 SusWrite 99.1 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 34.7 138% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 134 119% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 192GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 386 386 388 388 355 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 441 Mixed 410 SusWrite 384 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.5 213% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4TB free Firmware: 0511 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 174 178 183 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 114 Write 132 Mixed 79 SusWrite 180 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 0.9 8% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 1.8 DQ Write 10.3 DQ Mixed 3 3% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 159 164 167 170 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 126 Write 94.5 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 149 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 0.7 6% 3.37 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 1 2% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 18%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 850GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 135 134 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 103 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 133 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 814GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 148 149 150 158 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 99 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 152 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16