Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive181% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 29 '18 at 02:24
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 93.2
2-Core 244
80% 144 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 620
67% 534 Pts
64-Core 609
38% 609 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 163
Parallax 138
123% 151 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 148
Splatting 119
107% 132 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 603 300 299 300 299 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
181% Outstanding
Read 756
Write 654
Mixed 632
SusWrite 381
136% 606 MB/s
4K Read 67.5
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 89.4
306% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 786
DQ Write 669
DQ Mixed 989
670% 815 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 181%
Great: 280%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Team-Elite-1600 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 17
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 21
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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