Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 180 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 463 45% 369 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 186 89% 126 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 128 Splatting 124 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 392 286 100 86 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 446 Write 444 Mixed 360 SusWrite 220 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 32.6 110% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 158 118% 156 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 558GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 85 84 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 93 Write 81.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 84.5 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 87%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$169 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 187 186 184 187 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 189 Mixed 100 SusWrite 184 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 295% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 121 124 154 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 132 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 6.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

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	31x
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 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	6x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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