Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	96.1% 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	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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 436 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 90% 113 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.7 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 SATA M.2 128GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: MA01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 321 321 155 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 401 Mixed 343 SusWrite 235 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.2 159% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 235 207% 308 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 295 296 296 296 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 422 Mixed 384 SusWrite 297 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.1 191% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 297 298 297 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 409 Mixed 386 SusWrite 298 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 322 322 392 403 404 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 416 Mixed 419 SusWrite 358 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.3 193% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 103%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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