Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 132
2-Core 265
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 689
71% 571 Pts
64-Core 694
43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.3% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 115
Parallax 93.8
82% 103 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 100
Splatting 90.3
78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 478 332 285 286 286 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 471
Mixed 450
SusWrite 356
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 63
217% 78.4 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 316
233% 305 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 122%
Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
385GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 150 151 151 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Read 148
Write 148
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 151
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 19.2
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 20.4
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 55.7
72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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