Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 13:40
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 52.7 34% 44.9 fps	MRender 52.3 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 37.5 36% 45.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (A5) Unknown 100 100 141767016874 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 38 163210199065 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2207648055828 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5029 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8620 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6600 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7565 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 278 Mixed 281 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 16.1 111% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 28.5 36% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ABA100 1TB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: MU2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 137 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 95 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896043175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 160 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 166 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 240519610393 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 3120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 145 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27	40.1% Average	Read 1.74 Write 138 Mixed 124 68% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3060 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1896 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2746 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 99.3 Mixed 98.3 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.24 41% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 1x8GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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