Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	92% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	20.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 08:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 647 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 113% 137 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS600 M.2 512GB-$889 134 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 262 165 177 102 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 437 Mixed 324 SusWrite 202 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42 153% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 209 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 103%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 103 125 123 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 174 Write 115 Mixed 137 SusWrite 111 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 32.7 136% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 121 93% 127 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 255 245 222 183 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 414 Write 268 Mixed 296 SusWrite 222 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 35.5 136% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 178 161% 247 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 148 149 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 136 Write 158 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 149 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 204 206 206 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 133 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 202 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 28GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns

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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%

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

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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