Gigabyte GA-X7V4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X7V4 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160414
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '21 at 20:31
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5850HQ 55 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 550 64% 495 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Gigabyte(1458 1759) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 444 453 455 464 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 466 Mixed 331 SusWrite 450 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 41.5 144% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 232 207% 312 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 134 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 128 Mixed 26 SusWrite 132 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 40 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 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
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	17.3"	1280 720	LGD046C

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Gaming 30%

Sail boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X7V4

CPU
Core i7-5850HQIntelBench 78%, 55 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	4x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	2x
IT LMT-256L9M 256GBLiteonBench 85%, 561 samples	1x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 318 samples	3x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 62%, 939 samples	1x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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