Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	328% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$221 219,579 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 503 69% 506 Pts	64-Core 503 34% 503 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$480 187,762 User benchmarks, average bench 99% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 124 Parallax 128 109% 129 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 102% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$140 204,414 User benchmarks, average bench 305% 837GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1337 1703 1778 1191 1176 1183 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 2,063 Mixed 1,479 SusWrite 1,394 398% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 89.2 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,548 DQ Write 1,310 DQ Mixed 1,428 1,070% 1,429 MB/s
Poor: 196% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 357%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 41,782 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 442 Write 132 Mixed 134 SusWrite 132 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 18.7 118% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 48.9 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$32 27,632 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 395GB free Firmware: DEM6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 101 Write 111 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 107 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.5 305% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$99 100,559 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 206 207 206 202 206 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 94.2 Write 168 Mixed 29 SusWrite 205 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,844 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	1,074x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	583x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	465x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	140x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	96x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 162,787 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples	126x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 32,781 samples	92x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 68,070 samples	90x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16