Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 698 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 148 125% 153 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 145 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4017 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 512 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (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 72 66 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10131945973	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 477 Mixed 511 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.9 165% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 169 177% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5597 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3057817736	113% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 401 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 47.7 176% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 109 141% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 144 11733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (10) Unknown 0 200 2625437375 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 605 (C2) HDA temperature 131 116 21 (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	98.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 174 Mixed 164 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.34 124% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 825GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2579 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1427 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105744 (C2) HDA temperature 127 106 23 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 61.1 Mixed 39.3 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 80%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK - $250

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	51x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	19x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	6x
Raid 0 Volume 750GBIntelBench 199%, 895 samples	5x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	5x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 69 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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