Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.1% 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	106% 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 07:06
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 588 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Nvidia(10DE 1035) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1312 MHz, MLim: 1562 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 77.8 51% 67 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 51.7 50% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 12631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1984 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 392 (AE) Unknown 100 100 483 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 206159806503 (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 22606801568 (F7) Unknown 100 100 721111044 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24092560	106% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 347 Mixed 410 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 36.8 160% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 61.9 124% 252 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 as expected (43^rd 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 6252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (64) Unknown 100 100 2321248 (65) Unknown 100 100 362848 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 143 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 732 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 193275101223 (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 4058 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1655 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3441 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4714 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 50	70.1% Very good	Read 470 Write 255 Mixed 258 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 13 89% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 29.6 76% 163 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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 191 185 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6483 (C2) HDA temperature 102 83 41 (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	44% Average	Read 79.2 Write 74.4 Mixed 75.8 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44% 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	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	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