Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 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	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 18:41
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 448 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 31.1 29% 33.7 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 33 28% 34 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 415GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 618 694 707 702 703 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 539 Write 671 Mixed 539 SusWrite 648 136% 599 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 30.1 140% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 61.8 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 1,257 721% 692 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 284%
OCZ AGILITY2 60GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 64 60 61 61 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 169 Write 77.7 Mixed 103 SusWrite 60 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 29.8 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 87.3 70% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 51%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 461GB free Firmware: 2BA30014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 101 113 119 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 123 Write 107 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 109 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 184GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.9 5.8 6.3 6 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 4.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.9 13% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 122% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.7 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 56%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,175 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	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 $300	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