Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.1% 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	108% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 730 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.2 39% 48.8 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 62.1 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 402 332 292 291 292 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 446 Mixed 424 SusWrite 335 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46 173% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 402 399 419 420 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 145 Mixed 357 SusWrite 408 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 32.3 132% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 302 222% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 107 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 766GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 203 203 202 204 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 164 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 202 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
XM1D3LF4GB26826821 4x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

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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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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 $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