Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 124%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 101%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics150% 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 Drive143% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 16 '19 at 05:02
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 106
2-Core 211
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 577
61% 489 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
150% Outstanding
Lighting 200
Reflection 223
Parallax 242
163% 222 fps
MRender 255
Gravity 219
Splatting 143
162% 206 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 150%
Great: 174%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 395 428 403 399 394 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 728
Write 534
Mixed 430
SusWrite 412
118% 526 MB/s
4K Read 48.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 55.7
216% 79.8 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 363
305% 459 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 143%
Great: 243%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
60.1% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 18.3
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 19.8
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 61%

 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 1,175 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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