Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	76.3% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 480 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.4 88% 104 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 114 111 103 113 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 410 Write 153 Mixed 200 SusWrite 113 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.1 154% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 133 103% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 309 316 314 299 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 487 Mixed 412 SusWrite 309 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.5 218% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 78GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 109 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 92.2 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 107 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 120 103 107 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 94 Write 97.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 123 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x

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 $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 $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 $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 $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