Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '18 at 11:54
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 314 36% 278 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1432 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 34.1 32% 37.4 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 36 Splatting 32.6 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 192 176 173 169 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 530 Mixed 340 SusWrite 218 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 39 143% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 547 429% 594 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 57 67 86 103 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 207 Write 66.2 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 78.8 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 168 165 156 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 101 Write 131 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 160 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 120GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 37.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 36.9 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 9.4 751% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 22.8 DQ Mixed 16.1 1,380% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 78%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4.1 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4.5 Write 1.7 SusWrite 3.6 4% 3.27 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 66%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

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Total price: $823

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