Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 07:19
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 400 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.4% Average	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 199 Parallax 197 0% 132 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 119% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 53 53 63 67 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 77 Write 80.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 55 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 554GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 152 154 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 154 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 416GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 167 165 168 169 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 67 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 167 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 142GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 87 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 85.5 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 539GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 76 78 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 76.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 76 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]031 1314 991998 (996998) 1314 991998 (996998) 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 50%

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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	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16