Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170119
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '23 at 20:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 475 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 142 Parallax 141 113% 141 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 255 304 359 268 252 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 435 Write 256 Mixed 321 SusWrite 291 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 25.9 98% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 185 170% 260 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 332%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 87GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 354 353 378 398 405 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 376 Write 84.7 Mixed 199 SusWrite 367 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 33.9 115% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 347 260% 345 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 121%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 156GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 305 250 257 261 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 351 Write 405 Mixed 283 SusWrite 274 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 29.2 102% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 178 153% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 4x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 75%

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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 65%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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