Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive117% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140531
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 24 '21 at 07:21
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 95.4
1-Core 124
2-Core 237
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 668
67% 547 Pts
64-Core 662
41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Asus(1043 8747) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 118
Parallax 143
116% 134 fps
MRender 203
Gravity 129
Splatting 115
118% 149 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 113%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 436 455 463 464 426 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 456
Mixed 432
SusWrite 405
101% 449 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 51.8
180% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 292
239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 117%
Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
602GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 163 163 163 164 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 135
Mixed 89
SusWrite 158
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12
52GB free, PID 1666
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.1 7.2 14 14 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
16% Very poor
Read 82.9
Write 37.2
Mixed 27.7
SusWrite 11.4
44% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 1.4
71% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 16%
Great: 30%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.3% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 21.9
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 25.5
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 55.8
72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $813
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HDDRAMUSB
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