Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.1% 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)
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 583 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 89 51% 70.7 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 52.7 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 477 Write 440 Mixed 340 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.8 186% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 212 198% 308 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 432GB free Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 385 378 372 376 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 365 Write 429 Mixed 324 SusWrite 378 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.6 131% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 168 161% 249 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 97GB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 78 78 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 88.5 Write 54.3 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 77.5 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-892.A00LF 2x8GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.9 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 59%

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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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	319x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
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	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16