Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 02:19
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 645 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 42.8 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 35.4 35% 39.4 fps	Gravity 36.6 Splatting 31.2 30% 33.9 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6649 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 991 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1492 (EB) Unknown 99 99 275 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3534240147	72.5% Very good	Read 342 Write 243 Mixed 264 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 23.4 126% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 91.2 86% 135 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83554896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252039019 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4871 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77584289241461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70125855546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 727660602958
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
yjxy Disk 1GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Read 29 Write 11.6 Mixed 16.8 22% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.86 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.09 27% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 12GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 52%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $190Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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