Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 670 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.2% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 80.6 57% 78 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 64.3 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN128HCGR-000L1 128GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT22L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 88 80 85 84 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 492 Write 153 Mixed 177 SusWrite 86.4 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 36.9 154% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 160 140% 216 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 698GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 86 87 87 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 86.4 Write 87.6 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 85.9 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 100%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 282GB free Firmware: 03.M0300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 65 SusWrite 73.1 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
ADATA SSDS596Turbo64G 64GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 6GB free, PID 602a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 39 41 38 37 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 32.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 38.1 54% 38 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 13.6 1,173% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 21.1 DQ Mixed 13.9 1,245% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	695x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
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	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16