Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '16 at 11:55
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 683 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360C) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 53.5 38% 47.2 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 38.5 36% 44.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 203GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2147 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 155 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 504857858	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 27.7 158% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 116 124% 204 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 97 1 130 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18971187504
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 162 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 694 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 128 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 414GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 165 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 560 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 133 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.27 128% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 104 140% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 48%
Toshiba StorE HDD 2TB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free, PID 0b16 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 38 Mixed 37.8 49% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.16 24% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 26%
Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 126GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 117GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 37 Mixed 3.25 30% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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