Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.3% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 06:41
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 617 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.3 37% 37.4 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.5 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD Smartbuy 480GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 780 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196621 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3290	98.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 487 Mixed 495 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 15.2 121% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 68.7 115% 225 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 366GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 87 84461974 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 54 118840694 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2887 (BB) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 672792616 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 53 51199955 (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	38.3% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 66.1 Mixed 63.4 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 76%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	694x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $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