Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	45.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 95% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 597 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 213 147% 199 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 181 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 836GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 209428202	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53.6 197% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 77.2 78% 126 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 320 Write 103 Mixed 130 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 11.8 80% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 91.2 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 33.6 36% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 147 Mixed 149 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 825GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 40 (03) Spinup time 179 176 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13815 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 117 Mixed 115 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $160Bench 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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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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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