Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.6% 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 Drive60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateNov 17 '18 at 22:59
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 above expectations (62nd percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 89.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 231
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 652
64% 523 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.6% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 141
Parallax 133
105% 134 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 124
Splatting 99.5
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 600ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 77 86 88 84 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
60.1% Good
Read 322
Write 114
Mixed 164
SusWrite 79
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 96
4K Mixed 31.6
124% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 84.5
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 89.9
71% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
80GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 101 100 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
82% Excellent
Read 184
Write 165
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 100
86% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.2
395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
50.7% Above average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 15.4
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 16.9
46% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 85%

 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 1,700 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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