Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 11:24
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 228 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 703 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 81% 104 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 0.13 44% 62.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0B 250GB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 191 190 192 191 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 494 Mixed 283 SusWrite 195 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 51.9 199% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 241 206% 305 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 285GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 391 175 170 192 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 440 Mixed 388 SusWrite 249 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 23.2 132% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 34.3 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 76%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 18GB free Firmware: 401000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 432 Mixed 276 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 31.4 167% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 254 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 111%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 71GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 215 200 196 146 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 466 Mixed 293 SusWrite 195 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.4 187% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 251 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 601GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 95 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 60.2 Write 110 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 95.4 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%

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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	693x
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	81x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16