Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 397 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03E0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 6.57 5% 6.54 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 2.56% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7329 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1149 (B1) Unknown 90 90 195 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49716283252	106% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 41.5 153% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 108 136% 243 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169978208 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73405715 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8482 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 64424509478 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113932597455309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71159359044 (F2) Unknown 100 253 208566720838	97% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 149 Mixed 127 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 586GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 87 67701832 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 232153306928 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4604 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2040 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295491633 (BD) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BE) vendor-specific 57 50 13607829547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 834 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85526 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 -140737488355285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 72 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 72 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 38 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9045201131911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 165385643390 (F2) Unknown 100 253 269728887135	78.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 143 Mixed 115 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.08 21% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 568GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229197058 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223784945 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2767 (B7) Unknown 1 1 224 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17182372465 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 638976038 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 18 229197058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 147 871317 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60739427488575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1779920629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1413743920	42.4% Average	Read 86.6 Write 61 Mixed 95.8 62% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 68%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.04% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 6.33 Mixed 8.14 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.23 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 24% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 0420 DDR3 1600 0420 DDR3 1600 0420 DDR3 1600 24GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 64%

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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	695x
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	82x
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 $90Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16