Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '22 at 22:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 707 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 127 Parallax 112 89% 116 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 95.1 83% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 452 445 437 374 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 436 Mixed 410 SusWrite 422 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.2 188% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 442 433 437 427 428 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 416 Mixed 379 SusWrite 434 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.9 150% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 291 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	693x
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	81x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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