Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 18:42
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 386 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 66.7 61% 72.9 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72.4 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 142 147 147 106 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 263 Write 192 Mixed 248 SusWrite 130 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.9 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 183 135% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 99GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 97 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 95.7 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 88%
Kingston SV300S37A240G 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 129GB free Firmware: KC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 107 107 105 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 100 Write 94 Mixed 59 SusWrite 108 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 419GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 107 109 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 106 Write 97.8 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 108 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
Kingston SV300S37A240G 1TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 468GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 18 19 20 17 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 100 Write 67.7 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 20.1 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 98%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 407GB free Firmware: GV108B SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 65 71 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 73.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 66.5 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 23.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

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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	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