Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	90.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (46^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 616 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.5 39% 49 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 779 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 39 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1103814866	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 391 Mixed 402 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 49.4 180% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 53.8 100% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 105GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 723 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7438521987	82.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 243 Mixed 353 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 27.1 140% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 75.7 74% 113 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9613 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 920 (B1) Unknown 93 93 83 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42781197847	90.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 342 Mixed 344 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 22.8 130% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 83.1 110% 202 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 37 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9264 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5367 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9329 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1409 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 180389216278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 452 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 38817	81.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 148 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.54 148% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 54%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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