Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 23:29
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 216 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 636 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3688 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 134 Parallax 144 108% 137 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 111% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$129 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 407 418 448 447 439 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 429 Mixed 406 SusWrite 426 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47 168% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 261 193% 250 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 20GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 403 Write 480 Mixed 380 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43 162% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 328 235% 304 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 462GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 144 144 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 129 Write 101 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 143 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 156 155 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 97.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 154 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 432% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 30GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 36.3 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 37.5 46% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% 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% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
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	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16