Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	102% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 22:14
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 416 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 83% 109 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 82.5 67% 81.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 SATA M.2 128GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MA01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 277 332 339 341 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 421 Mixed 346 SusWrite 309 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 46.6 168% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 38.6 107% 225 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 258 297 298 298 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 437 Mixed 391 SusWrite 279 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.3 210% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 57.8 118% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 255 295 295 295 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 440 Mixed 378 SusWrite 277 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.7 203% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 65.1 115% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 483GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 278 333 340 341 341 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 427 Mixed 421 SusWrite 310 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 62.5 201% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 305 183% 187 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 103%

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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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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