Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.8% 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 (24%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (88^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 577 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 79.8 66% 81.3 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 75 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 230 182 170 159 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 453 Mixed 367 SusWrite 208 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 45.7 159% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 345 261% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 86 79 86 86 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 94.2 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 83.6 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.3 109% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 947 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 418GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 81.7 Write 36.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 71.3 73% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 63%

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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	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	319x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16