Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 16:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 183 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 540 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 65.6 54% 66.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53.2 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 122 120 121 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 439 Mixed 368 SusWrite 153 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 46.8 164% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 178 177 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 174 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 177 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 851GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 174 175 170 176 183 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 126 Write 130 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 174 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 106%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 302GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 36.6 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 38.4 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	693x
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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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