Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.1% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '16 at 01:07
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 439 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 2806) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 21.5 15% 18.8 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 16.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 207GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 100 100 766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 150 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 215 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9169 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11427	65.3% Good	Read 340 Write 201 Mixed 251 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 31.5 108% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 69.2 68% 109 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 112%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 96 96 84 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35643697656	57.1% Above average	Read 341 Write 153 Mixed 196 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 20 106% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 65.8 50% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 124%
Kingston SVP100S296G 96GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free Firmware: 0100 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33% Below average	Read 213 Write 177 Mixed 218 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 9.07 42% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 10.2 13% 22 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 69%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 12.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.7 Mixed 93.9 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.14 44% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 64%

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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	693x
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	81x
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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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