Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 12:14
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 576 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 118 94% 117 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.9 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB-$311 210 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 392 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 91560 (A5) Unknown 100 100 149 (A6) Unknown 100 100 43 (A7) Unknown 100 100 89 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 53 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 99 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 466630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 713639 (F5) Unknown 100 100 732480	77.3% Very good	Read 499 Write 300 Mixed 368 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 20.1 110% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 20 55% 108 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 33GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 471 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 74 51 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 265 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8681530798	116% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 482 Mixed 498 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.3 166% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 165 174% 287 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6.5TB free Firmware: RT17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157719464 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4342592774 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098506 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 31 5163089330204 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 17069 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27871 (C2) HDA temperature 28 69 85899345948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 157719464 (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 53528177414851 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51345403335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12419007360	83.1% Excellent	Read 175 Write 112 Mixed 79.1 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 7.71 4K Mixed 0.85 278% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56782464 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24946 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10419584 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131078 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 471466011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67018 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 229 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73959336840510 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40133597134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73455329940	92.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 155 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 0911 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20645 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (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 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0708 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 35.1 Mixed 32.2 26% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.54 169% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 298GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 81 25751384 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20505 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 4336 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 68797403681 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 68 1132 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4022 (BC) Unknown 100 73 163211313198 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 100 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20677 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 3 25751384 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 93 376 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 93 376 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -15844134318965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3372263881 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1409208510	64.9% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 74%

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 below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.1 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 86%

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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	693x
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 $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 $40	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