Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	19.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 18:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^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)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 200 82% 139 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 635 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 1962 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 69.7 60% 73.8 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 65.6 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 219 217 90 44 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 353 Write 138 Mixed 243 SusWrite 135 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 46.1 154% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 96.3 DQ Mixed 125 93% 125 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 387GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 262 263 264 263 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 310 Write 336 Mixed 150 SusWrite 264 60% 265 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 3.4 28% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 14.1 21% 38 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 462%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 138 137 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 137 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $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