Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	20.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 05:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 512 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 126 124 121 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 387 SusWrite 153 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.3 185% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
PNY SSD2SC120G709A104-432278 120GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 47GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 270 277 281 279 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 310 Mixed 346 SusWrite 276 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 258 197% 265 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 726GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 174 174 174 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 175 Mixed 90 SusWrite 174 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 76 SusWrite 115 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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