Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.9%, 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '22 at 18:15
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 220 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 657 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 155 Parallax 153 129% 156 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS22 11 480GB SSD 46 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 381GB free Firmware: CS22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 207 234 230 229 231 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 356 Write 236 Mixed 247 SusWrite 217 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 37.3 134% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 121 99% 140 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 830GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 395 467 461 454 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 483 Mixed 465 SusWrite 427 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.7 196% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 152 171 140 173 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 185 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 157 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 112%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 99 99 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 92.1 Write 90.1 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 99.3 114% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0118 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

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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 $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16