Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.1% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 19:43
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 622 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.71% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.44 7% 9.08 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 9.91 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128 128GB 3,328 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: T871202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 108 116 104 130 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 479 Write 428 Mixed 372 SusWrite 120 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 118 144% 254 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 131GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 87 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 95.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 86.4 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown U3A4G93-16GBHT3B00 Micron 8KTF25664AZ-1G4M1 0714 U3A4G93-16GBHT3B00 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 48%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $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