Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	7.94% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '15 at 04:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 118 2-Core 239 81% 178 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 688 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.15% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.15% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5286 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 62.1 55% 67 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial V4 256GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5FAMM25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (21) Unknown 100 100 160 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (AA) Unknown 100 100 111669149763 (AD) Unknown 100 100 251269565 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 26 (E9) Unknown 100 100 166849 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3254 (F6) Unknown 100 100 502533093	7.94% Terrible	Read 102 Write 61.1 Mixed 66.2 17% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.05 0% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 39%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86767288 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50527297 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 393223 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 672858149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13761 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 94489280549 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92668214380511 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13691696890 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91563749973	73% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 130 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.38 163% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%

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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	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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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