Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 19:04
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 626 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 121 Parallax 124 103% 124 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 112 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 38 41 48 48 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 82%
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 103GB free Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 120 89 89 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 438 Write 248 Mixed 279 SusWrite 124 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 18.9 77% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 42.8 50% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 52%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 357GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 237 225 239 242 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 374 Write 326 Mixed 330 SusWrite 237 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 25.2 82% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 101 89% 137 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 78GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,255 Write 2,075 Mixed 1,477 430% 1,936 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 78.2 260% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 757 551% 720 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 476GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 87 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 73.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 86.6 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/8GX 32GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 80%

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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	848x
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	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16