Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	127% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 12:22
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 686 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 188 Parallax 200 144% 188 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 683 Write 521 Mixed 549 130% 585 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 28.6 174% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 15.9 114% 266 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 254%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 209GB free Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 204 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 57 64428245033 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 207116 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 207116 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139007 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2555 (FC) Unknown 100 100 15	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 442 Mixed 486 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.2 155% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 76.6 121% 229 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 41.2 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 504GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111553840 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178428294 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4668 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1929978016 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74000 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 42949672989 (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	89.2% Excellent	Read 171 Write 140 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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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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) $35	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