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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	144% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '22 at 00:45
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$75 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 217 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 594 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 40 34% 42.3 fps	MRender 35.1 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.2 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$110 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 535 485 452 470 461 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 542 Write 538 Mixed 514 SusWrite 507 119% 526 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.4 187% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 777 577% 762 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 297%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 68GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 83 91 91 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 442 Write 432 Mixed 350 SusWrite 116 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.5 140% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 183 181% 288 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,228 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	729x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x
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	52x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	41x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	39x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370