Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 697 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 80% 105 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 108 150 130 117 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 317 Write 120 Mixed 180 SusWrite 110 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 36.3 137% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 60.5 70% 123 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 82%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 242GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 412 421 440 442 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 461 Mixed 348 SusWrite 418 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 34 171% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 249 215% 318 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 31 51 20 26 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 381 Write 190 Mixed 248 SusWrite 44.8 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 4.3 66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 157 157 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 156 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 63GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 140 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 87 SusWrite 141 173% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 129 129 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 123 Write 136 Mixed 100 SusWrite 126 166% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.3 220% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0118 64C0MHHHJ-HS 0215 CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 28GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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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	82x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16