Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 04:10
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 272 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 754 82% 648 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.4 38% 48.8 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 96.9 66% 79.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT23L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 769 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 609 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 4 (AE) Unknown 99 99 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 945 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044315170 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16693328 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1106 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1273 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1106	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 499 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 35.3 113% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 18.5 106% 242 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 41GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 3624240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 97942434234900 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1171 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 13 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3624240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3624240 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3624240 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7556 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5284 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5284 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10667	54.9% Above average	Read 501 Write 147 Mixed 215 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.1 78% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 10.9 29% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 82%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 38GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1307 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180389543964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4432402130 (F7) Unknown 100 100 138990699 (F8) Unknown 100 100 62673072 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57% Above average	Read 469 Write 329 Mixed 169 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 6.16 60% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 14 15% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 767GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184716432 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 233053497 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2805 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98406290700041 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15034394492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 739733801242	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 189 Mixed 174 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 170 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 509 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 25 (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 100 253 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 146 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
XM1D3LF4GB26826821 4x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $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