Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 03:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 681 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2957) CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 33.4 30% 37.2 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 35 Splatting 31.5 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 50 45 50 44 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 429 Mixed 323 SusWrite 74.5 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 54.1 198% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 49.7 123% 258 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Samsun 870 EVO 500G 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 415GB free Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 445 445 435 439 395 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	133% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 458 Mixed 422 SusWrite 407 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 72.8 233% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 105 107 92 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 104 SusWrite 94.4 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 109%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 380GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 138 135 117 124 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 126 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0821 16G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0821 16G-D3-1600-MR 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 55%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	697x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16