Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 13:26
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$52 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)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 427 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 59.5 39% 47.3 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 42.8 34% 40.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 31 32 30 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 473 Mixed 307 SusWrite 65.7 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 51.8 184% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 53.1 48% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 490GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 198 199 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 160 Mixed 83 SusWrite 198 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 170 170 169 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 172 Write 166 Mixed 131 SusWrite 168 216% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%

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

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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	694x
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 $94Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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