Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.1% 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	97.9% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 22:35
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 696 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 24.3 Parallax 27.4 22% 26.4 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 26 Splatting 30.2 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1170 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81541968 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 42 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1785 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1903 (F9) Unknown 100 100 78495815	97.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 413 Mixed 438 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 27.1 136% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 71.6 121% 233 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%
WD WD20PURX-64P6ZY0 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 557 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 25 (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	81% Excellent	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 678GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790382395 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2873 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2873 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 167504838683 (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	56.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.4 Mixed 83.7 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	701x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
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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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
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