Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	83.5% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 02:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 258,479 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	1-Core 115 2-Core 266 87% 191 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 698 80% 611 Pts	64-Core 696 47% 696 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 422,679 User benchmarks, average bench 134% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 513 Reflection 504 Parallax 608 135% 542 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 527 Splatting 289 137% 359 fps
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 146%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: M1024E SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 270 220 271 222 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 443 Write 273 Mixed 266 SusWrite 246 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 33.7 124% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 74.1 113% 215 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 1,334,750 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 423GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 168 168 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 127 Mixed 102 SusWrite 167 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 5,495 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 135 138 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 91.8 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 138 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 5,760 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 258,479 samples	334x
Core i5-4690KIntel $90Bench 73%, 152,974 samples	50x
Core i7-4770KIntel $293Bench 71%, 105,007 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	52x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 134%, 422,679 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	34x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 133,816 samples	29x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 13,625 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 24,436 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 55,333 samples	15x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $1,154

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $359	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24