Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '16 at 22:26
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 693 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 55.8 38% 48.2 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 40.1 40% 49.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5525 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 881 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10553019282	92.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 348 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 19.6 141% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 24.6 76% 167 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 282GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 143 11450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 950 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 903 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 121 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.23 108% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 65580 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790447928 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3174 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3674 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569937445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4258	68.7% Good	Read 117 Write 123 Mixed 130 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 74%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 7GB free Firmware: 77.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 197 194 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130717 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 750 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 90.7 Write 71.4 Mixed 59.4 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.5 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 71%

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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	697x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16