Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 170% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	194% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	318% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 06:54
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 674 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 3897) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 286 Reflection 240 Parallax 272 233% 266 fps	MRender 311 Gravity 230 Splatting 166 185% 236 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 633GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2092 2219 2329 2387 2380 2385 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 1,374 Mixed 1,477 SusWrite 2,299 377% 1,665 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77.9 235% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,097 DQ Write 823 DQ Mixed 1030 751% 984 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 438%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 252 195 204 255 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 165 Mixed 326 SusWrite 246 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.6 158% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 150 139% 210 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 360GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 457 469 471 470 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 236 Mixed 442 SusWrite 463 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.9 186% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 351 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 108 92 116 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 107 Write 85 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 113 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 93 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2400-MR 4x4GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 89%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	695x
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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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16