Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 21:28
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 417 59% 435 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 0.06 57% 46.3 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 54.5 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 45 50 40 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 350 Write 260 Mixed 20 SusWrite 45.7 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 15.1 14% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 967GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 114 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 84%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$235 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 590GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 100 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 104 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 295% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 70 72 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 130 Write 95.7 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 70.2 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 738GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 134 135 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 103 Write 82 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 136 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 99%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$235 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 520GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 101 101 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 108 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 102 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.2 308% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 2x8GB 538 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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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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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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16