Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	115% 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	167% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 00:40
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 403 49% 378 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 216 Parallax 147 121% 170 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 130 Splatting 118 115% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 505 567 567 557 559 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 538 Mixed 584 SusWrite 502 130% 578 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 78.7 249% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 976 655% 792 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 457GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 131 134 135 133 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 347 Write 227 Mixed 273 SusWrite 128 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 45.9 152% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 172 127% 167 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 118 121 120 121 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 73.9 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 116 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 14.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 88%

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

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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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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