Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 05:46
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 697 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.7 87% 108 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 98 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 3589996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 82248623735278 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3589996 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3589996 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3589996 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7485 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5201 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5201 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10639	61.6% Good	Read 503 Write 112 Mixed 174 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.4 112% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 8.99 21% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT23L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 731 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 583 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 4 (AE) Unknown 99 99 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 945 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044315172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16693328 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1048 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1191 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1048	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 494 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 20.5 140% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 10.1 66% 159 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 20GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 154 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094576668 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4280036605 (F7) Unknown 100 100 134216298 (F8) Unknown 100 100 60445518 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 466 Write 301 Mixed 313 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 10.1 85% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 9.25 16% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170439352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 232982945 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2674 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105892418696944 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14680555384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 739727009658	112% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 189 Mixed 183 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 507GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 418 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 155 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.27 132% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

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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	697x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
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	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16