Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 16:17
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 720 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 70.8 69% 79.1 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 74.2 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6563 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1096 (B1) Unknown 96 96 44 (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 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16788199310	84.6% Excellent	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 357 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 22.4 138% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 22 29% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 540GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 103613744 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1072311 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (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 72 64 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 962 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 103079215132 (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 -121951301402564 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3603606161 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91221848065	79.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 128 Mixed 138 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 260GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 143 10458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1079 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 30 (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	65.5% Good	Read 109 Write 119 Mixed 122 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 112%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 93GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 199 194 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 140369 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 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 1 750 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.6% Average	Read 76.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 53 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 71%

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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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16