Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	140% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 14:58
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 404 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 87% 106 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 97.6 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 286 250 249 247 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 556 Mixed 348 SusWrite 284 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 53.1 210% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 693 522% 701 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 236%
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 93GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 300 338 340 336 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 409 Mixed 297 SusWrite 315 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 39.3 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 175 165% 259 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 106%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 201 201 203 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 397 Write 200 Mixed 229 SusWrite 200 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 25.6 93% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 60.8 49% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 14GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 75 82 81 79 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 248 Write 83.3 Mixed 115 SusWrite 79.9 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 11.3 79% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 84.4 73% 111 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 736GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 170 171 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 101 SusWrite 170 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 71%

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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	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x

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 $273	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 $179	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