Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.4% 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 Drive237% 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.
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)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 02 '19 at 04:17
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Memory 97.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 246
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 670
69% 557 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 113
Parallax 96.3
86% 105 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 98.3
Splatting 100
81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
376GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 650 631 650 646 650 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 1,377
Write 1189
Mixed 1,095
SusWrite 667
242% 1,082 MB/s
4K Read 67.5
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 89.7
301% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 1,160
DQ Write 982
DQ Mixed 1,051
793% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 237%
Great: 340%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132
130GB free
Firmware: 400i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 130 164 166 166 161 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 341
Write 209
Mixed 245
SusWrite 158
53% 238 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 44.6
178% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 205
165% 234 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 141 139 142 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 140
Write 134
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 140
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-421.A00LF 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 24.3
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 26.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 48.4
83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 79%

 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 1,706 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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