Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.2% 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 Drive187% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime1 Days
Run DateMay 06 '19 at 10:41
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.8% Outstanding
Memory 95.6
1-Core 142
2-Core 276
95% 171 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 727
75% 606 Pts
64-Core 734
45% 734 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 113
Parallax 91.9
87% 104 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 102
Splatting 98.7
81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 529 585 609 608 610 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 728
Write 575
Mixed 611
SusWrite 583
140% 624 MB/s
4K Read 69.8
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 88.5
292% 98.4 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 627
DQ Mixed 1,001
668% 803 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 187%
Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125
233GB free
Firmware: EXM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 437 480 493 494 493 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 495
Mixed 416
SusWrite 476
107% 477 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 54.6
196% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 357
270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 127%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
67.3% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 19.2
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 23
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 55.3
72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 67.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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