Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.9%, 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	80% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (83%). 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 07:34
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 598 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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 206 Parallax 201 180% 209 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 155 Splatting 135 130% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 326 331 333 311 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 357 Write 349 Mixed 287 SusWrite 302 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 35.3 127% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 120 107% 162 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 397GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 403 405 410 411 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 454 SusWrite 409 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 96 90 106 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 54.5 Write 66.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 97 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 178 178 177 179 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 24.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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%

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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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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) $30	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