Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '23 at 04:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 625 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Asus(1043 059F) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 165 90% 133 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 122 Splatting 76.8 80% 99.7 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ramsta S800 120GB 1,678 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: RY29V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 128 98 27 69 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 483 Write 400 Mixed 358 SusWrite 86 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 13.1 107% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 16.4 62% 134 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 79%
Hitachi HDWD110UZSVA 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 618GB free Firmware: MS2OA7M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 180 182 181 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 180 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 26.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

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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	694x
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 $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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16