Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 127%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 107%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics164% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 15 '19 at 04:18
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 120
2-Core 228
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 630
60% 497 Pts
64-Core 632
39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Gigabyte(1458 37BF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
164% Outstanding
Lighting 228
Reflection 231
Parallax 239
186% 233 fps
MRender 272
Gravity 228
Splatting 144
168% 215 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 164%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 84 107 123 111 133 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
65.1% Good
Read 114
Write 110
Mixed 69
SusWrite 113
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 90%
Samsung HD300LJ 300GB-$25
133GB free
Firmware: ZT100-13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 31 32 32 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
21.2% Poor
Read 42
Write 25.8
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 31.5
24% 31.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 21.2%
Great: 34%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
61.9% Good
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 21
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 58.4
68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.9%
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 1,173 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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