Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 03:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 715 62% 531 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.8% 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: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3765 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 117 Parallax 123 103% 122 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.3 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 558 513 149 103 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 636 Mixed 595 SusWrite 335 129% 578 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 52.7 182% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 241 211% 329 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: 394 379 395 428 454 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 466 Mixed 400 SusWrite 417 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 44.8 151% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 196 158% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 142 149 143 150 159 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 165 Write 120 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 146 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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