Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	124% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 22:15
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 647 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB; VCGGTX1070T8PB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 101% 128 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 713GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 336 346 365 360 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 461 Mixed 443 SusWrite 351 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 61GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 87 103 93 98 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 398 Write 148 Mixed 136 SusWrite 95.1 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 33.6 147% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 115 99% 153 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 117 118 121 118 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 123 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 60GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 43 45 45 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 28% Great: 58%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 120 119 114 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 65.3 Write 116 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 117 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 183% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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