Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 06:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 688 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Dell(1028 3907) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 205 Parallax 200 180% 209 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 154 Splatting 136 130% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 305 305 313 258 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 350 Write 323 Mixed 268 SusWrite 278 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 33.9 128% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 112 100% 152 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 397GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 368 363 368 378 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 486 Mixed 468 SusWrite 372 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.9 193% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 99 101 103 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 55.1 Write 68.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 99.4 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 176 176 179 176 181 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 29% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 89%

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

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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	693x
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	81x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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