Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 02:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 588 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 98% 116 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1931 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 388 (AE) Unknown 100 100 469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 206159806501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22245678082 (F7) Unknown 100 100 709633981 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6127891	107% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 349 Mixed 412 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 37.1 162% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 62.5 124% 251 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6055 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (64) Unknown 100 100 2291456 (65) Unknown 100 100 361632 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 723 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 193275101221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 49 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4017 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1648 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3404 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4650 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 49	70.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 265 Mixed 131 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 11.6 88% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 21.9 71% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 321GB free Firmware: MS1OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 94 (03) Spinup time 117 117 17192517829 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2001 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2732 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864773670 (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	58% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.4 Mixed 96.6 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 82%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 223GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 185 3400 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6444 (C2) HDA temperature 103 83 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.8% Average	Read 76.6 Write 76.2 Mixed 81.1 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.23 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 27.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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