Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 03:59
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 613 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.1 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 70.3 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 413 422 434 433 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 457 Mixed 411 SusWrite 422 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 49.9 182% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 260 199% 267 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 363 322 246 250 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 484 Mixed 390 SusWrite 304 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.1 161% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 328 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 184 181 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 182 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 163 164 164 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 124 Write 144 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 161 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 263% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 69GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 39 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 38.7 51% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681CA3-16IC 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0737 EWB4GB681CA3-16IC 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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