Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	81.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141008
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 05:20
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 661 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 115 111 112 112 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 458 Write 182 Mixed 216 SusWrite 114 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.5 152% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 146 128% 196 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 89%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 181 106 83 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 327 Mixed 290 SusWrite 142 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45.8 172% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 142 136% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Fast SSD 500GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 440GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 154 82 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 407 Write 157 Mixed 218 SusWrite 119 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 6.4 44% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK - $250

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	51x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	19x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	6x
Raid 0 Volume 750GBIntelBench 199%, 895 samples	5x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	5x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 69 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,192

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