Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 01:52
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 512 58% 452 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 75.4 78% 85.7 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 74.3 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 136 139 140 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 150 Write 154 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 128 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.3 212% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 97%

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

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Typical GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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