Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	92.4% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 690 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 107% 133 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 367 328 241 245 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 337 Mixed 386 SusWrite 301 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 40.5 133% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 278 226% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 99%
OCZ PETROL 64GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 48GB free Firmware: 3.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 70 70 68 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 180 Write 76.2 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 69.1 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 16.8 62% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 38.1 37% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 92.4 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%
WD WD3200AVJS-63B6A0 4TB 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 130 135 135 127 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 64 SusWrite 131 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s

Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 31GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 91 87 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 86.8 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 89.5 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%
ST325031 8AS 250GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 226GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 39.5 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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