Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics13.7% 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 Drive70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 30 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 71%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 229
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 442
61% 451 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
XFX(1682 3112) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
13.7% Very poor
Lighting 18
Reflection 14
Parallax 14.9
15% 15.6 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 11.8
Splatting 18
12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT04L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 123 112 89 87 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 474
Write 104
Mixed 119
SusWrite 110
44% 202 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 20.7
119% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 50.5
82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
632GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 122 122 122 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 134
Write 129
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 122
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 22.8
MC Mixed 20
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 19.7
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $810
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HDDRAMUSB
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