Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36% 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	105% 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	8.7 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	20140530
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 17:42
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 674 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3691) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42.7 38% 45.7 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 330 320 318 315 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 449 Mixed 363 SusWrite 340 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.6 182% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 156 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Adaptec Array 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 146 149 147 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 96.8 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 146 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 260% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 157 155 157 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 130 Write 139 Mixed 119 SusWrite 161 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 309% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1234 3TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 553GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 60 60 59 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 51 Write 32 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 60.1 60% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 88%

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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	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	82x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16