Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive125% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 22 '19 at 10:14
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 34%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 90.8
1-Core 132
2-Core 263
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 691
69% 562 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 127
Parallax 131
103% 128 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 123
Splatting 101
106% 134 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 226 213 186 162 163 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 494
Mixed 399
SusWrite 222
91% 406 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 69.7
241% 89.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 125%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
601GB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 146 150 148 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 130
Write 94
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 148
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
52.2% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 15.8
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 17.5
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 63%

 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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