Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 19:55
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 720 80% 632 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1302) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 173 Parallax 171 150% 176 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 156 Splatting 112 120% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 61 34 27 26 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 455 Write 429 Mixed 262 SusWrite 66.5 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 33.2 114% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 56.4 51% 75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 390 461 468 470 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 392 SusWrite 424 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.4 184% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 304 238% 329 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 332GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 582 727 733 722 722 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 563 Write 659 Mixed 515 SusWrite 662 136% 600 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 76.8 216% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 1,139 753% 891 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 298%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	694x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
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	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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