Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	86.8% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 695 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2957 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 212 Parallax 185 158% 197 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 186 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 466GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,123 Write 1,377 Mixed 1,293 353% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.4 224% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 202 220% 372 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9340 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1286 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 357 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22047855176	86.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 342 Mixed 348 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 23.8 136% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 63.4 71% 114 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 216 216 30081810666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 211 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227634446366 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 153 Mixed 169 126% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.48 144% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 23.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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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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