Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (62^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 553 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 32.1 23% 28.5 fps	MRender 36.1 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 28.4 26% 32.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 35326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 198 (AE) Unknown 100 100 308 (B5) Unknown 100 100 36292535131480 (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 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 485 Write 196 Mixed 293 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 5.16 88% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 5.02 20% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 163 1075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 7 7 580265 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (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	60.8% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 93.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 65%

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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 1,177 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	695x
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 $51Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16