Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 03:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 469 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 156 Parallax 148 114% 148 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 140 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 470 475 464 340 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 471 Mixed 388 SusWrite 392 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60 196% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 338 261% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 145 146 141 138 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 485 Mixed 387 SusWrite 162 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.6 199% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 178 185% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 277GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 141 141 142 139 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 121 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 140 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $15	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