Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '16 at 09:46
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 628 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 33.7 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.8 28% 33.6 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 33.7 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 354 Write 186 Mixed 222 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 25 106% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 36.3 51% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 105%
Toshib MD04ACA500 5TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 403GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5249 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2010 (0A) Spinup retry count 127 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1474 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159872039 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 803 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.34 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	701x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
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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