Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.3% 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	88.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '23 at 15:40
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 524 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.5 53% 66 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.9 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 182 178 181 175 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 442 Write 411 Mixed 338 SusWrite 203 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 42.4 138% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 352 260% 343 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 199GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 143 147 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 125 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 145 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX 1302 1866 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 14.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $269	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