Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 13:08
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 430 59% 436 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 130 Parallax 133 118% 136 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 134 Splatting 104 111% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 216 231 234 238 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 351 Write 220 Mixed 254 SusWrite 228 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 34.1 82% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 141 113% 159 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 126%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 583 649 670 661 659 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 634 Mixed 589 SusWrite 616 144% 642 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 74.6 251% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 321 331% 545 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 282%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 85%

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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	695x
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	82x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16