Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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 Drive	70.4% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 19:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 641 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 172 88% 123 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 114 Splatting 129 93% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 118 124 124 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 379 Write 136 Mixed 170 SusWrite 123 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 34.5 139% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 90.9 76% 110 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 732GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 136 136 136 134 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 134 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 172 174 170 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 31 SusWrite 172 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x8GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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