Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	115% 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 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140926
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 629 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 184 Parallax 182 138% 179 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 166 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 319 303 322 321 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 321 Mixed 352 SusWrite 317 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.1 168% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 242 213% 318 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 387GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 435 445 445 409 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 476 Mixed 445 SusWrite 426 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 60.7 209% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 294 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 581GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 184 184 184 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 183 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.6 448% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

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