Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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 Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 19:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 205 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 526 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.1 86% 104 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 97.2 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 118 118 119 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 293 Write 211 Mixed 232 SusWrite 124 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 38.3 142% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 142 102% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 90 Write 90 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 87.1 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x8GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

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

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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