Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 20:11
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 216 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 661 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B06) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 8 6% 7.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 181 156 159 136 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 512 Write 184 Mixed 240 SusWrite 157 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42 153% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 170 141% 206 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 148 147 145 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 138 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 146 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST6000VX0001-1SH17Z 6TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 5.5TB free Firmware: VN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 204 206 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 168 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 204 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 231% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
Seagate ST6000VX0001-1SH17Z 6TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 5.5TB free Firmware: VN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 204 204 204 203 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 160 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 203 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 224% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

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 $182	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