Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 442 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% PwrHis(1787 2337) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 40.7 28% 35.2 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 35.6 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6543 (A6) Unknown 100 100 204 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 599 (A9) Unknown 100 100 162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 449 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1171 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 143 614181240855 (D4) Unknown 100 100 81 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3680 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 58502 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23150 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20708 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 405 Write 268 Mixed 265 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 21.6 98% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 48 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 723GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 120 116 6975 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5890 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64910 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 242 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 79.1 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 334GB free Firmware: 3.AAM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 54 575818326157 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2515 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 521535519 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 17179869215 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 54 3493248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44% Average	Read 78.3 Write 74.6 Mixed 76.1 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 97GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97930206 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8739 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538378272 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 51 242751959 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.3% Poor	Read 46 Write 52.2 Mixed 44.2 36% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 0420 F3-2133C10-4GSR 0215 CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 0420 F3-2133C10-4GSR 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 53%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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