Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	86.4% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 03:52
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 566 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.8 87% 103 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 97.1 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 271 180 168 143 151 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 426 Write 402 Mixed 338 SusWrite 196 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 37.4 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 184 177% 278 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 313 341 353 361 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 408 SusWrite 332 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.4 187% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 477 Mixed 337 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 229 207% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 358GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 313 340 353 360 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 478 Mixed 410 SusWrite 332 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.3 187% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 829GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 313 341 353 361 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 476 Mixed 406 SusWrite 332 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.4 186% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 36GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 40.8 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 17.9 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 28GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 38.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 17.3 36% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 2x8GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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