Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 690 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 76 65 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5811028	68.8% Good	Read 349 Write 236 Mixed 264 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 25 126% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 79 57% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5275 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 943 (B1) Unknown 99 99 37 (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 78 61 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15600546760	68.7% Good	Read 352 Write 281 Mixed 317 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 20.4 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 16.8 23% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 486GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5091 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2864 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 825 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4265 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 317	42.2% Average	Read 78.6 Write 68.3 Mixed 90.2 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 74%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 333GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 154 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58976 (C2) HDA temperature 128 97 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 66 Mixed 66.9 51% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 98GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146218018 (03) Spinup time 100 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146778859 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3232 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 106 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 404160536 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 25769803800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 24 146218018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112656992158753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1856603790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2245829499	39.5% Below average	Read 78.1 Write 59.6 Mixed 84.2 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.32 69% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 86%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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