Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.7% 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	81.2% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 595 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.22 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 59 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 63.9 48% 65.4 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 60 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 66%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 335 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196632 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 56 46 231929675820 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 659 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 786 (F2) Unknown 100 100 568 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24 (F6) Unknown 100 100 249408	81.2% Excellent	Read 523 Write 320 Mixed 397 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 12.9 117% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 12.4 57% 119 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 97%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 63GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13182552 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 78168404796871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2020 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 405 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (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 13182552 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13182552 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13182552 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11009 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11009 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14069	45.5% Average	Read 351 Write 115 Mixed 129 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 9.95 74% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 9.87 25% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32119122 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9817 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 423 (07) Seek error rate 64 57 253597293192 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 44 26274299931 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 28 32119122 (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 -126804614417789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1514000654 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1121397667	47% Average	Read 80.1 Write 83.5 Mixed 86 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 67GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137956089 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129710448 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4294 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 44 17667653657 (C2) HDA temperature 25 56 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 33 137956089 (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 123214021815661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2914938738 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1854786177	44.3% Average	Read 76.6 Write 77.6 Mixed 77.6 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.59 110% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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