Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 01:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 267 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 704 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.2 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 63.2 54% 68.1 fps	Gravity 59.7 Splatting 60.8 54% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8630208844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -54494545042749 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2092 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 287 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 52 47248048166 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 47248048166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 108 108 8630208844 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 108 108 8630208844 (CC) Soft ECC correction 108 108 8630208844 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19641 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13965 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13965 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17802 (F4) Unknown 96 96 196673670	58% Above average	Read 422 Write 113 Mixed 153 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 11.2 105% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 77.3 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 10.4 33% 69.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 925GB free Firmware: 0911 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 137 Write 73.3 Mixed 66.1 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.31 182% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 92GB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232044168 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327782205 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1646 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 673382440 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153039 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 51539607592 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 79.5 Write 88.9 Mixed 79.5 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.48 169% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Total price: $778

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