Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	123% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 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	20150421
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 21:58
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 624 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 97% 116 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 481GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 542 546 512 424 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 594 Mixed 551 SusWrite 440 129% 576 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 49.6 167% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 118 146% 274 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 255%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 239GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 361 372 361 403 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 439 Mixed 379 SusWrite 384 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 41.4 140% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 149 130% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 145 154 145 151 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 116 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 148 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

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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	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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