Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 18:28
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 695 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 139 112% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29992 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 803 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 310023 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 42341858 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2351907743 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 310023 (F2) Unknown 100 100 210562	41.8% Average	Read 260 Write 89.5 Mixed 129 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 15.2 72% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 30.5 41% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 45%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8884 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2395859644	98.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 354 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 27 148% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 80.4 121% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 57GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 93 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12977080123 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 143 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 7576810225692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5980 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 9 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48451526043907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1064956784 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2278051844	46.3% Average	Read 75.9 Write 85.6 Mixed 96.9 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.45 85% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 75%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 26GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791168838 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1077 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6671 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 261993529374 (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 5	43.9% Average	Read 76.9 Write 76 Mixed 77.3 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.44 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 15GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 228051822 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 52 43517794813 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1907 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 66 36 8693585870882 (C2) HDA temperature 34 64 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 58 113088547 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.9% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 37.5 Mixed 52.9 34% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 43%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8351 (C2) HDA temperature 126 114 26 (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	51.6% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 93.6 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 2x4GB 2,460 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 62%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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