Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 19:56
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 757 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 83.6 67% 84.2 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 69.4 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 180GB-$122 410 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6716795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -125593433666094 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (0D) Soft read error rate 47 47 -135154024153733 (64) Unknown 0 0 18552 (AA) Unknown 0 0 5808 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 428 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 66 4325401 (C2) HDA temperature 25 66 4325401 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6716795 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 102 102 137967234449408 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6716795 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6716795 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 22 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8850 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8850 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7043	66.9% Good	Read 492 Write 139 Mixed 224 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 13.1 120% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 14.1 39% 78 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 85%
Samsung RBX Series 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1GB free Firmware: VAC22D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21909 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4053 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 401 (B2) Unknown 92 92 13 (B3) Unknown 96 96 77 (B4) Unknown 96 96 1879 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 92 92 150 (E9) Unknown 30 30 3015952684	18.4% Very poor	Read 110 Write 62.7 Mixed 75.9 18% 83 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 3.03 37% 8.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 186GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2326 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2131 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.5% Good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 107 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 105%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 145GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 100 7416 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6391 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4517 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166513 (C2) HDA temperature 116 85 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.2% Below average	Read 59 Write 56.4 Mixed 57.1 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $190Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16