Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	107% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 23:15
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 706 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 90% 107 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 99.7 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15254 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 244 (B1) Unknown 96 96 79 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 38 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29791532957	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 410 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 47.1 180% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 27.5 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 55GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12612371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -19301583001914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 68722753573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12612371 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12612371 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12612371 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1642 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1114 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1114 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1700	68.6% Good	Read 494 Write 137 Mixed 213 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 12.1 120% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 38.9 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 793GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 124 124 17200578855 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1005 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6193 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 253404184623 (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 200 200 0	75.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 133 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 74%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 257GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 3125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4723 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4723 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 109 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.54 134% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Total price: $778

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) $30	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