Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	82.5% 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	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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 397 55% 407 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 113% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 33 29 33 30 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 430 Write 368 Mixed 348 SusWrite 58.3 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 47.1 154% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 198 176% 269 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 118%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 167GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 191 200 204 203 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 335 Write 210 Mixed 242 SusWrite 197 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 18.7 105% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 122 89% 115 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 108 SusWrite 119 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 80%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16