Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.6% 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.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 17:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 602 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 79.7 78% 88.8 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 72.2 60% 73 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 143 146 145 145 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 355 Write 238 Mixed 264 SusWrite 143 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 47.8 156% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 169 128% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 34 35 35 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 250 270 272 271 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 456 Mixed 399 SusWrite 261 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 46.4 154% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 292 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 125%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 111 110 109 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 105 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 110 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 205% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 84%

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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	40	5	60	31.5"	1280 720	GSM7765 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	697x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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