Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive175% 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.
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.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 235
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 665
67% 542 Pts
64-Core 662
41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 150
Parallax 124
108% 135 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 129
Splatting 104
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
175% Outstanding
Read 1,278
Write 980
Mixed 1,044
245% 1,101 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 19.3
167% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 154
177% 304 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 175%
Great: 236%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79
107GB free
Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 471
Write 130
Mixed 208
59% 269 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 97.9
4K Mixed 22.9
128% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 37.5
53% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
52.1% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 15.9
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 16.8
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 72%

 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 1,710 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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