Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive176% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 23 '19 at 15:42
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 96.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 621
65% 521 Pts
64-Core 623
39% 623 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1612 MHz, MLim: 2117 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Lighting 88.3
Reflection 92
Parallax 88.8
72% 89.7 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 82.6
Splatting 73.4
67% 82.9 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 66%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 435 429 426 420 424 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 712
Write 566
Mixed 601
SusWrite 420
129% 575 MB/s
4K Read 65.8
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 87.6
292% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 622
DQ Mixed 981
657% 792 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 176%
Great: 280%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 24.7
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 27.6
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 50.7
79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 61%

 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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