Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '16 at 18:07
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 696 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5670 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1965 (B1) Unknown 92 92 92 (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 77 57 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1190 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12124491052	95.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 337 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 24.7 141% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 66.6 111% 217 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 415GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1622 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1593 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1031 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 590 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 172 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.37 143% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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