Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics117% 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 Drive109% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 14 '18 at 03:31
Run Duration182 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 599
63% 502 Pts
64-Core 607
38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4222
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 209
Parallax 213
120% 190 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 187
Splatting 133
122% 150 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
341GB free
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
341GB free
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 444
Mixed 449
104% 467 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 39.2
154% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 115
143% 252 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 109%
Great: 119%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
1TB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 164
Mixed 163
122% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.98
4K Write 2.86
4K Mixed 0.34
131% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
33.1% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 9.1
29% 10.1 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 11.3
SC Mixed 11
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 33.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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