Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 22:30
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 654 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 95% 114 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.7 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 93 94 99 93 90 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 383 Write 103 Mixed 115 SusWrite 96.7 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 19 106% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 46.8 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 73%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 190GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 436 440 440 441 442 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 659 Mixed 630 SusWrite 444 135% 598 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.2 187% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 797 582% 758 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 228%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 597GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 138 140 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 138 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 101%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 132GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 135 134 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 146 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 135 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 89GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 81.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 80.4 48% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 57 62 56 58 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 151 Write 100 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 57.2 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 27GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 87 84 93 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 75.3 Write 37 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 86.8 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 72%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 27GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 58 54 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 54.4 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 183 185 185 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 78 SusWrite 183 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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