Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 02:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 84.5 2-Core 206 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 401 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% PNY(196E 1338) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 135 Parallax 144 119% 142 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 123 Splatting 101 105% 133 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 81 76 76 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 394 Write 164 Mixed 153 SusWrite 80.1 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 30 114% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 153 135% 209 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 119%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 61GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 85 86 77 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 84.7 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 123GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 88 88 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 76 Write 73.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 87.2 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 410GB free Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 139 Write 150 Mixed 20 SusWrite 129 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123(F/Y/R 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 87%

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

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $178	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