Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	34.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 16:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 188 81% 136 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 676 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 66.2 56% 67.5 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 68.6 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 136 131 130 125 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 463 Mixed 399 SusWrite 165 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.5 212% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
OCZ AGILITY3 90GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 78GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 78 78 80 80 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 160 Write 95.7 Mixed 117 SusWrite 77.7 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 25.1 114% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 106 83% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 63 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 92 Write 84 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 65.2 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 89 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.7 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 88.8 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 54 55 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 40 Mixed 30 SusWrite 55.2 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%

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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 $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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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