Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 13:03
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 579 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 77 Parallax 73.7 62% 75.7 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.7 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 169 171 171 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 419 Write 172 Mixed 174 SusWrite 162 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 41.7 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 112 106% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 553GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 181 138 137 174 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.5% Poor	Read 283 Write 130 Mixed 148 SusWrite 179 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 2.5 12% 4.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 6.8 8% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 144%
WL3000GSA6472C 3TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 924GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 75 78 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 85.2 Write 78.8 Mixed 74 SusWrite 74.5 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 62%

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

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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	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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