Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% 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	95.6% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 03:46
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 634 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 89% 111 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 84.3 76% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7611 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 995 (B1) Unknown 96 1 207 (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 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20225158401	95.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 250 Mixed 329 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37 156% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 22.5 87% 196 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1113 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1021 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 135 90% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 109%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SD 32GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 23GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 90.6 Write 70.4 Mixed 85.4 104% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 1.45 158% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 75%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

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 $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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