Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141014
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '21 at 06:18
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$348 372,548 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 624 68% 525 Pts	64-Core 618 42% 618 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$188 201,214 User benchmarks, average bench 48% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 84.7 57% 71.8 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 44 55% 58 fps
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK128MBF 128GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 152 150 150 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 281 Mixed 345 SusWrite 182 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.5 156% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 231 201% 298 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 644,973 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 160 160 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 158 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 9,198 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 79%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 Builds (Compare 107 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 45%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 372,548 samples	69x
Core i5-4460Intel $132Bench 70%, 201,184 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $175Bench 79%, 192,324 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	9x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 34%, 323,151 samples	7x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $63Bench 106%, 178,690 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	5x
Series SATA SSD 240GBVBench 69%, 2,689 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 6,013 samples	8x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 54%, 1,152 samples	6x
KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GBKingstonBench 56%, 95 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $751

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16