Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 643 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.9 63% 74.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 75.8 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 161 161 146 119 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 396 Write 216 Mixed 238 SusWrite 144 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.9 164% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 137 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 472GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 194 183 184 188 191 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	24.2% Poor	Read 206 Write 224 Mixed 107 SusWrite 194 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 2.4 12% 4.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 5.8 6% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 144%
WL3000GSA6472C 3TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 909GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 78 76 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 85.3 Write 75 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 74.7 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 86%

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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-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	845x
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 $269	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 $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 $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