Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 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 95.3%, 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 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	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 343,766 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 266 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 698 80% 611 Pts	64-Core 696 47% 696 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 534,898 User benchmarks, average bench 129% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 513 Reflection 504 Parallax 608 135% 542 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 527 Splatting 289 137% 359 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 147%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 1,015 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: M1024E SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 270 220 271 222 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 1,976,752 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 423GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 168 168 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^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: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 10,388 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 135 138 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th 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: 17% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 6,508 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 43%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 343,766 samples	84x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 79%, 176,679 samples	22x
Core i7-4790Intel $299Bench 78%, 161,690 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $428Bench 51%, 633,465 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 129%, 534,898 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 913,064 samples	13x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $166Bench 304%, 122,320 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 275%, 217,642 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 699,388 samples	6x

RAM
F3-1600C11-8GNT 0420 F3-1600C7-8GTX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GBUnknownBench 77%, 10 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 17,642 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 79,082 samples	8x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,242

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $290	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28