Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '23 at 19:08
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 490 54% 425 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7600 865 User benchmarks, average bench 110% MSI(1462 5029) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.8.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 184 Parallax 290 124% 209 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 190 Splatting 218 169% 204 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 135%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 500GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2227I SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 179 202 281 311 295 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 485 Write 369 Mixed 357 SusWrite 223 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 13.1 113% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.2 47% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 100%
Transcend TS2TSSD220Q 2TB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: V0414A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 199 193 186 135 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 341 Write 200 Mixed 256 SusWrite 170 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 30.9 124% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 54.1 68% 120 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 106%
Ne-1tb 2280 1TB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 954GB free Firmware: V0926A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 555 545 570 594 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 695 Write 567 Mixed 582 SusWrite 542 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 23.8 143% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 345 307% 462 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 281%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 488GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 183 183 181 175 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 178 151% 109 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 106% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 81%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 403GB free, PID 104a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 61 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 94.6 Write 97 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 62 101% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KRE-D3U1600M/8G 0811 JHC1600U1108JY 1319 KRE-D3U1600M/8G Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	697x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 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 i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16