Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.7% 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	62.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 06:17
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	VEN-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 82.6 2-Core 162 62% 107 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 379 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 126 Parallax 127 74% 114 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 121 Splatting 106 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 208 176 177 171 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 381 Write 314 Mixed 266 SusWrite 189 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 24.3 80% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 148 141% 217 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 37GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 147 150 134 140 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 91.3 Write 86.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 142 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 593GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 115 118 117 117 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 115 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 364GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 175 178 177 177 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 175 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 465GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 133 135 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 65 SusWrite 133 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994123 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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%

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	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 $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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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 $15	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