Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 07:35
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 404 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 79.6 54% 69.1 fps	MRender 60.5 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 76.9 54% 64 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 687GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 54 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1446 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19409 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15005 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23136	104% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 432 Mixed 465 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.5 148% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 71.1 108% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 469GB free Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51970713 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 363 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 62 266289086504 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1486076379482 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4201 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6408 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5494 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24650 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 494 Write 348 Mixed 341 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 21.5 124% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 44.1 92% 192 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 104%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 378GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8650845 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 366 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 70 300649414697 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111670067226 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 918 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1019 (F1) Unknown 253 253 996 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1236 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 492 Write 231 Mixed 271 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 21.8 122% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 46.3 95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 103%
Sandisk SD7SN3Q512G1002 512GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 137GB free Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1209 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1097 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 56 240519675948 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 833 (F1) Unknown 253 253 753 (F2) Unknown 253 253 583 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 424 Mixed 410 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 55.7 115% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Sandisk SD7SN3Q512G1002 512GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 122GB free Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 975 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 184685101099 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 767 (F1) Unknown 253 253 411 (F2) Unknown 253 253 279 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	99.9% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 412 Mixed 344 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.2 146% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 57.1 115% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 931GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 116 Write 92.1 Mixed 69.8 112% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.5 203% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-466.A00LF 4x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 53%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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