Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.8% 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	149% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 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	May 08 '20 at 21:00
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 735 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 118 Parallax 113 102% 119 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 106 Splatting 86.6 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.8% 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% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 269 94 98 101 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 667 Mixed 612 SusWrite 214 125% 560 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 75.3 259% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 266 286% 478 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 255%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 160GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 455 473 480 481 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 434 Mixed 409 SusWrite 448 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.6 216% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 103 110 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 113 Mixed 32 SusWrite 105 71% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 1302 PSD38G16002 1302 1600 CL10 Series 1302 PSD38G16002 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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