Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	81.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 07:28
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 676 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 106 Parallax 93.9 82% 100 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 76.3 68% 84.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 114GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14069 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2936 (B1) Unknown 97 97 81 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 1 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 57 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15896590984	82.3% Excellent	Read 505 Write 380 Mixed 438 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 23.9 99% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3699 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 816 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6316650951	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 394 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 51.1 187% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 119 146% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13081 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2691 (B1) Unknown 92 92 260 (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 47 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73514283388	81.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 366 Mixed 420 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 24 98% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 74.8 88% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 86%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 34GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 7596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2424 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 79 (AE) Unknown 100 100 287 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9414615565759 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 953 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 498 Write 182 Mixed 270 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 4.66 102% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 7.49 62% 150 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 808GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167205848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3720139 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 69 370212886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15312 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 38654705686 (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 -48657684495165 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5019254229 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17726345899	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 182 Mixed 159 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $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