Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '21 at 15:27
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 417 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 152 Parallax 152 129% 154 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 133 Splatting 117 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 885GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 281 373 403 414 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 414 Mixed 394 SusWrite 380 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.6 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 132%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 85 73 150 163 169 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 178 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 124 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 699GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 129 126 127 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 105 Write 35.7 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 123 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 75%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 158 183 187 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 193 Write 160 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 178 199% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

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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	7	5	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0C4C U28E590

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Typical GA-Z97X-Game Plus Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16