Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% 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	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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 676 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 94% 115 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 96.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 100 100 595 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 43 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28316 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 237234 (F2) Unknown 100 100 472691 (F5) Unknown 100 100 453056	90.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 433 Mixed 468 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 28 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 25.1 30% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 111%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65530440 (03) Spinup time 90 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18270367 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131335 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 30 2985658089509 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2862 (C2) HDA temperature 37 70 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 4 65530440 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 97 168 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26190710574400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 304640230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2587346542	80.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 142 Mixed 129 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

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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	694x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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	81x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16