Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	83.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 19:33
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 726 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 167 Parallax 162 143% 168 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 146 Splatting 106 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 264 294 291 288 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 361 Write 292 Mixed 176 SusWrite 285 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 31.5 135% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 64.8 97% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 89%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 149GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 226 240 238 234 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 568 Write 544 Mixed 516 SusWrite 288 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 51.4 181% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 461 355% 483 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 307GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 409 412 422 422 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 492 Mixed 389 SusWrite 401 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.1 224% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 114 111 112 115 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 47.8 Write 85 Mixed 56 SusWrite 114 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2800 C12 4x4GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 28 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 44.7 90% 44.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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