Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 07:03
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 720 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 77.3 71% 83.9 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 67.9 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: R131 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 64 54 52 49 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 316 Write 178 Mixed 132 SusWrite 61.1 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 25.7 125% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 24.3 55% 115 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 83.8 Write 84.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 83 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 151 151 151 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 136 Write 116 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 150 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.7 327% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID 3343 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 134 135 135 138 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 103 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 134 134% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 86%

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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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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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