Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	93% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 669 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.46 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 31.1 139% 79.9 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 43.2 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 203 242 288 246 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 356 Mixed 280 SusWrite 233 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 38.1 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 65.7 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 104%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 194 Write 62.2 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 63.3 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 33.7 120% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 75.7 56% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 51%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 310 310 310 308 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 482 Mixed 399 SusWrite 325 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.3 226% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 201 206 193 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 213 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 199 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.7 229% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 Builds (Compare 94 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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