Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 06:54
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 702 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37BF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.22 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 167 Parallax 180 142% 174 fps	MRender 244 Gravity 166 Splatting 99.4 131% 170 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 527GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 81 90 85 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 72.8 Write 54.2 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 80.7 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 114 107 108 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 86 Write 113 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 110 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,176 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	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	82x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16