Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 580 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1973 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 391 (AE) Unknown 100 100 480 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 52 206159806493 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22532713468 (F7) Unknown 100 100 718743983 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21564716	105% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 341 Mixed 409 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.9 156% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 58.7 124% 255 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 24GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (64) Unknown 100 100 2311040 (65) Unknown 100 100 362592 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 729 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 193275101215 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 50 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 50 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4041 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1653 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3426 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4696 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 50	64.2% Good	Read 471 Write 173 Mixed 129 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 11.8 86% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 22.4 72% 161 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 88%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 224GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 185 3400 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6586 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6475 (C2) HDA temperature 110 83 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.5% Average	Read 77.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 75.4 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A2133C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16