Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 03:03
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 232 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 602 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3812 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 90.1 71% 89.4 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 74.1 79% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 552 623 668 668 668 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 639 Mixed 649 SusWrite 597 146% 650 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71.1 232% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 567 DQ Mixed 630 470% 625 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 164GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 124 121 123 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 114 Write 65.3 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 122 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 154 156 155 157 158 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 124 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 150 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 35GB free Firmware: NDP3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 152 155 156 156 161 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 112 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 151 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 53GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 69 68 71 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 76.2 Write 69.8 Mixed 77 SusWrite 72.3 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 63%
WD WD20EACS-11BHUB0 2TB 1,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 100 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 99 Mixed 59 SusWrite 98.5 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 66%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 12TB 11TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 197 203 204 206 199 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 196 Write 196 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 199 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.9 323% 3.57 MB/s

SanDisk SDDR-113 8GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.24% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 11.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 12.5 16% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.24% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1311 M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 1311 M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16