Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 GT (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 729 81% 636 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 69.9 62% 74.8 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 62.6 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 127GB 2,962 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0303B SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 466 Write 148 Mixed 201 SusWrite 146 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 36 145% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 145 112% 154 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$135 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 301 298 310 311 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 319 Write 278 Mixed 249 SusWrite 305 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 43.5 142% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 184 139% 187 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 119%
WD WD10JUCX-63WPNY0 1TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 801GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 95 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 64%
Samsung HD162GJ 160GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 147GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 121 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 120 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 188 188 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 178 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 187 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT 0420 F3-1600C7-8GTX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 24.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 78%

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16