Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	126% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 00:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 731 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 83.4 81% 91.1 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 73.2 69% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 308 308 310 309 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 472 Mixed 396 SusWrite 293 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66.2 229% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 357 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 116 120 126 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 409 Write 143 Mixed 187 SusWrite 122 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44.3 178% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 111 98% 149 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 803GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 133 133 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 111 SusWrite 132 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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