Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.9% 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	88.6% 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 12:38
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 744 81% 640 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 2037 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 73.3 56% 73.3 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5649 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5097 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749610018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 468 Mixed 495 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18.5 111% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 17.8 59% 119 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241225657 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7373 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 79 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 332376211 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 68161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7386 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 51540525329 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 606208034 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 3 241225657 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25765508889993 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2185083937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2431972622	65% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 103 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.61 132% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 35.9 Mixed 35.4 47% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.08 32% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 107 140% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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