Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 12 '20 at 18:57
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 94.8
1-Core 72.4
2-Core 152
65% 106 Pts
4-Core 291
8-Core 382
43% 337 Pts
64-Core 341
21% 341 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 193
Parallax 192
142% 186 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 173
Splatting 124
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 583ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 95 119 95 95 98 MB/s
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
61.6% Good
Read 277
Write 149
Mixed 210
SusWrite 104
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 35.4
120% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 162
120% 155 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 84%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
1.5TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 70 60 73 66 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
35.1% Below average
Read 55.2
Write 90.6
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 67.3
52% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
53.8% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 16.3
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 57.8
69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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