Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 04:02
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 691 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 199 Parallax 199 154% 196 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 344 339 276 208 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 401 Mixed 269 SusWrite 315 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41 151% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 191 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 99%
Micron_1 100_MTFDDAK2T0TB 2TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 519GB free Firmware: M0M SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 182 188 191 193 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 320 Write 216 Mixed 138 SusWrite 188 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 31.9 62% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 25.1 DQ Mixed 31.1 34% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 98%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 47GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 202 164 229 213 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 284 Mixed 288 SusWrite 206 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.7 174% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 144 141% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 47 48 49 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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