Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	103% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	20 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	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 05:58
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 676 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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: 461.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 81% 105 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 259 251 256 260 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 470 Mixed 375 SusWrite 256 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.8 164% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 258 219% 321 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 364GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 262 253 258 260 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 484 Mixed 408 SusWrite 258 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54 189% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 289 235% 334 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 178GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 262 249 246 235 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 418 Mixed 370 SusWrite 244 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.9 189% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 247 214% 319 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 298GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 209 252 257 259 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 423 Mixed 306 SusWrite 243 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.2 166% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 239 209% 312 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 124GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 111 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 85 SusWrite 110 154% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 59%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 130 126 128 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 127 158% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.3 214% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% 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