Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.6% 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 Drive114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 08 '18 at 00:11
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 241
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 678
65% 535 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
90.6% Outstanding
Lighting 110
Reflection 91.1
Parallax 179
90% 127 fps
MRender 90
Gravity 111
Splatting 130
92% 110 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 90.6%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0919A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 406 425 425 421 429 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 413
Mixed 332
SusWrite 410
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.5
184% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 198
170% 249 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 114%
Great: 111%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78
2TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 141 142 138 145 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Read 134
Write 130
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 141
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
67.5% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 20.5
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 21.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 80%

 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 1,176 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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