Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '16 at 00:52
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 238 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 687 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 63.1 54% 65.8 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 62.7 55% 67.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G3SA754D117-485 240GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 178GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 2175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30619 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 38626 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5543 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6431	95.1% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 307 Mixed 380 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.2 143% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 70.5 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 793 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 123 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2055097488	120% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 494 Mixed 503 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45 176% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 163 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 143 11116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (10) Unknown 1 199 20722723176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 79 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 30 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.3 129% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 871GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2560 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2365 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (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	61.9% Good	Read 98.5 Write 117 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%
Samsung HM160HI 160GB-$50 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free Firmware: HH100-10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1258 (03) Spinup time 252 252 1937 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6869 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 57 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 20224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0B) Calibration retry count 2 2 99999 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3769 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 650 (BC) Unknown 100 100 143 (BE) vendor-specific 70 36 274878234654 (BF) G-sense error rate 87 87 137445 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 788162 (C2) HDA temperature 64 36 274878234654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 95176 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 106 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0	29.2% Poor	Read 49.1 Write 52.3 Mixed 50.4 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	695x
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	82x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16