Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (93^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 421 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1548 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 110 94% 117 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 107 Splatting 88.9 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 226 Write 182 Mixed 178 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 36.5 101% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 57.2 63% 104 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 106GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 138 145 255 144 145 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.9% Below average	Read 201 Write 88 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 172 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 10.5 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 14.9 11% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 81GB free Firmware: B006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 68.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 71.1 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 788 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 7.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 62%

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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 1,171 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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