Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 11:49
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	84% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 692 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 97 74% 99.2 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.9 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 518 416 425 417 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 2,271 Mixed 1,400 SusWrite 568 316% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 78.2 273% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 785 DQ Mixed 595 490% 698 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 277%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 75GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 483 484 485 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 301 SusWrite 484 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 225 208% 321 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 201 204 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 190 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 201 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 1302 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 15: 3R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	6%	50	110	6	60	31.5"	2560 1440	HKC0000 U315V

History: Score 13: 2R 0G 3B | Score 38: 7R 1G 0B | Score 15: 3R 0G 0B

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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) $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