Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	292% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 683 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2180 612 610 613 610 604 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 2,273 Mixed 1,448 SusWrite 872 399% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.8 310% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,032 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 874 662% 896 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 340%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 188 189 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 199 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 188 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Toshiba MQ03ABB200 2TB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: JP050U SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 113 114 93 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 108 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $778

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