Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 03:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GTM-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$348 455,746 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 (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 674 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 114% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1735 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 141 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2621509 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 243 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8063	80.9% Excellent	Read 514 Write 334 Mixed 346 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 10.1 101% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 45.1 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21493842194 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1369 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1427 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206159609892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.8% Good	Read 100 Write 119 Mixed 120 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 536GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789464859 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1772 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1804 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 201864708133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 155 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 110GB free Firmware: 06.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4521 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 294 (BC) Unknown 100 1 161 (BE) vendor-specific 61 38 39999770525735 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 927 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3656 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.2% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 59.2 44% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.48 125% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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	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	81x
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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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