Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	165% 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 Drive	142% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 20:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel CoreTM) i7-4710K SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 682 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37BD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 237 Parallax 253 189% 241 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 223 Splatting 147 165% 209 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 225 218 211 208 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 732 Write 608 Mixed 389 SusWrite 252 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 55.6 214% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 641 499% 688 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 205GB free Firmware: ST6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 64 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 90.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 65 54% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 91 87 90 92 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 78 Write 93 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 90.6 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 211% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 181 183 176 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 184 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%

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Gaming 42%

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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) $30	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