Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 23:53
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 599 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 131 Parallax 147 119% 141 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 138 Splatting 107 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM01B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 277 308 292 291 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 452 Write 319 Mixed 274 SusWrite 290 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 22.9 111% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 146 124% 187 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 86%
WD WD7501AAES-60Z2A0 750GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 206GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91 Write 87.5 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 91.5 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 348GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 70 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 80.2 Write 75.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 71.6 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 48%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 73GB free Firmware: 1AG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 61 23 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 72.3 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 37.5 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 9905403-439.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8 26% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 33%

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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	693x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
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	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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