Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 03:31
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 637 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 75 Parallax 64.3 60% 70.9 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 73.5 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB 814 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 960 Write 465 Mixed 594 148% 673 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.9 137% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 44.7 75% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 321%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 56GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 42.4 Write 75.5 Mixed 62.9 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x8GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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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	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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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