Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.5% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 01:22
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 732 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.7 55% 65.9 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 53 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 150 155 144 119 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 307 Write 221 Mixed 243 SusWrite 140 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 177 138% 188 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 104 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 104 Mixed 91 SusWrite 106 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 119 122 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 122 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 64 65 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 68.3 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 65.2 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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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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