Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 10:08
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 691 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 87% 108 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2684401812163 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 35 279172874277 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1009323868395 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1677 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6604 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2425 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7751 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 481 Write 420 Mixed 359 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 4.86 86% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 3.74 65% 151 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
2-power SSD2041A 120GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 151 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 349	89.8% Excellent	Read 527 Write 482 Mixed 496 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.9 127% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 13.7 28% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20295 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1663 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1507 (EB) Unknown 99 99 337 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35598885275	96.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 322 Mixed 355 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 26.6 146% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 73.5 116% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2B1600C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CML8GX3M2B1600C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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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