Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 208 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 516 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 862C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2259 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 75.8 60% 77.8 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 69 Splatting 80.2 63% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GB 1,792 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: M5T4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 345 352 345 348 349 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 411 Mixed 309 SusWrite 351 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 42 147% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 232 205% 309 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 319GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 255GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 111 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 111 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 249GB 684 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 228GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 73.5 Write 69.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 74.6 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 72%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 127 125 121 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 121 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 215% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

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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	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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