Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% 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)
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 06:58
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 198 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 437 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 90.6 60% 77.7 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 51.9 56% 71 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 352 Write 290 Mixed 303 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 58.4 202% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 263 212% 303 MB/s
Poor: 126% Great: 259%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 167 145 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 344 Write 213 Mixed 264 SusWrite 153 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 54.7 180% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 172 129% 173 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 133%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 50.4 38% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 54%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 336GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,764 Write 36.4 Mixed 64 1,161% 1,622 MB/s	4K Read 743 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.5 31,268% 249 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 85%

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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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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