Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 02 '20 at 19:41
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 95.9
1-Core 135
2-Core 248
91% 160 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 538
70% 528 Pts
64-Core 527
33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
64.7% Good
Lighting 81.4
Reflection 80.5
Parallax 71.3
66% 77.7 fps
MRender 72.9
Gravity 75.1
Splatting 76.7
62% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 56 57 64 68 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
57.4% Above average
Read 145
Write 126
Mixed 65
SusWrite 54.5
72% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20
155GB free
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 88 90 89 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
56.7% Above average
Read 108
Write 107
Mixed 68.8
SusWrite 89
69% 93.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40
165GB free
Firmware: ES2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 63 64 63 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
38.8% Below average
Read 72.3
Write 69
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 62.9
45% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 38.8%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
54.6% Above average
MC Read 18.4
MC Write 19
MC Mixed 16.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 18.9
SC Mixed 17.8
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 54.2
74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,722 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $810
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