Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 08:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 554 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 214 Parallax 220 150% 206 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 209 Splatting 122 151% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 153 148 147 155 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 438 Write 187 Mixed 171 SusWrite 146 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 15.5 102% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 29.4 49% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 72%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 218GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 275 274 275 275 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 452 Mixed 379 SusWrite 285 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 52.4 183% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 228 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 151 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 462 Mixed 399 SusWrite 180 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56 193% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 349 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 148 149 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 149 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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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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Total price: $823

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