Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	95.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 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 (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 221 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 636 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 179 Parallax 183 134% 175 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 167 Splatting 118 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 218 208 211 206 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 252 Mixed 299 SusWrite 214 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50 181% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 235 174% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 94%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 282GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 369 436 455 438 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 444 SusWrite 411 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.8 226% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 233GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 372 198 83 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 419 SusWrite 193 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 51.7 188% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 179GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 271 83 82 269 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 109 Mixed 416 SusWrite 232 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.2 188% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 119%

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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	31x
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 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	6x

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 $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 $179	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