Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '16 at 18:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 682 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.2 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24926841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52020643895336 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1308 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1070 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 35 34362032154 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 34362032154 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24926841 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24926841 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24926841 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9361 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4083 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4083 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4463 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4259905	47.6% Average	Read 348 Write 96.6 Mixed 129 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 13.6 86% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 27.8 31% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 173 7383 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1386 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96884 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 133 Write 103 Mixed 120 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 83%
WD WD10S12X-55JTET0 1TB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 185 1458 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66292 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 1906973 (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 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10500290610 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17154410520 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	37.2% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 61.6 Mixed 61.6 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.19 39% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
VCLD3L82GB26826813 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBNT 14GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.3% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns

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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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	81x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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