Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 681 76% 596 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.98 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 84% 107 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 98.6 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 331 333 332 333 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,188 Write 1,513 Mixed 672 SusWrite 384 262% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 70.7 261% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 1,018 DQ Mixed 674 626% 970 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 3,006 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 209GB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 127 125 128 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 121 Write 94 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 126 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 258GB free Firmware: D702 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 126 126 125 127 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 98 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 125 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 48GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 30.2 Mixed 22 SusWrite 17.1 33% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%
WD 5000BEV External 500GB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 40GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 19 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 30.5 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 18.1 34% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	844x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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