Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	184% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 493 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 194 108% 142 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 145 Splatting 142 108% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 644 651 646 652 645 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 670 Mixed 670 SusWrite 646 153% 681 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 79.8 264% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 932 648% 807 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 340%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 134GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1412 1255 10 93 82 103 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,531 Write 1,520 Mixed 1,120 SusWrite 492 261% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 80.8 284% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 957 DQ Mixed 275 361% 640 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-11-11 D3-2133 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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