Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	126% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 14:17
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 624 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 144 77% 109 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 122 85% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 312 313 315 310 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 618 Write 517 Mixed 426 SusWrite 338 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 40.1 163% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 793 571% 736 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 254%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 133 134 136 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 148 Write 129 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 134 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 899GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 113 113 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 129 Mixed 98 SusWrite 112 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 932GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 81 82 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 94.8 Write 86.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 82.6 104% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 43%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 505GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 36.8 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 39.6 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 106%

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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%

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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	842x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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