Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	86.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '20 at 20:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 258 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 690 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 151 132 156 140 126 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 478 Write 348 Mixed 274 SusWrite 156 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.9 149% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 45.9 98% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 104%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 210GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 128 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 126 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB-$99 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 18GB free Firmware: FB2OC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 29.7 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 27.8 20% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 35%
Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB-$118 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 489GB free Firmware: GT001L SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 90 90 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 55.3 Write 82.2 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 88.8 44% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 71%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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