Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	186% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 21:50
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 603 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 4885) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	186% Outstanding	Lighting 270 Reflection 242 Parallax 237 220% 250 fps	MRender 309 Gravity 226 Splatting 168 184% 234 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst Elite 480G 480GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: V110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 2.4 2.8 31 73 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 362 Write 207 Mixed 207 SusWrite 19.2 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 7.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 107%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 447GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 210 198 182 163 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 342 Write 237 Mixed 234 SusWrite 199 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 42 129% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 146 106% 139 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16