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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '16 at 04:35
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 719 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$234 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 17 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 738875873
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 897 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2169963725	66.1% Good	Read 315 Write 326 Mixed 271 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 20.3 106% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 20.2 24% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-P90 4x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,221 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	725x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	198x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	41x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $200	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350