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Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 28 '19 at 08:04
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 580 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 139
2-Core 271
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 647
68% 546 Pts
64-Core 733
45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑
This bench: 88.2%
 Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130
MSI(1462 3417)
CLim: 1480 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
64.6% Good
Lighting 81.8
Reflection 77.8
Parallax 101
67% 86.9 fps
MRender 77.5
Gravity 82
Splatting 66.2
61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑
This bench: 64.6%
 Great: 56%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
C400-MTFDDAK512MAM 512GB
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 040H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 218 216 218 216 218 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 488
Write 251
Mixed 277
SusWrite 224
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 28
126% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 51.4
56% 94.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑
This bench: 76.4%
 Great: 81%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40
95GB free
Firmware: 17.01H17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 81 81 81 80 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
45.9% Average
Read 79.8
Write 76.5
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 79.8
54% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑
This bench: 45.9%
 Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
60.5% Good
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 18.5
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 23
SC Mixed 20.5
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑
This bench: 60.5%
 Great: 64%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples90x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples32x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples23x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples17x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples14x
SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP  $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples7x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $813
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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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