Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	261% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 684 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366); Sapphire NITRO+ RX 580 8GB 11265-01-20G CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 92.5 61% 79.8 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 60.3 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 1,096 Mixed 1,211 339% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 46.7 257% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 254 272% 474 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 88GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2400 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 163 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2105004723	131% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 501 Mixed 498 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 56 212% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 133 156% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 124%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15631253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -60335700559240 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 43 68722294815 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 68722294815 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15631253 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15631253 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15631253 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30049 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11536 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11536 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11046 (F4) Unknown 92 92 15925491	64% Good	Read 512 Write 96.7 Mixed 147 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 14 116% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 29.7 41% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 417GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2702 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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	85.3% Excellent	Read 161 Write 137 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 231GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 136 136 38683083232 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1032 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1551 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274642468 (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 0	56.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.7 Mixed 83.9 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 76%

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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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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