Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 11:10
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 696 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 146 Parallax 147 124% 148 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,632 Write 1,728 Mixed 1,215 409% 1858 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 81.7 284% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 819 621% 840 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 665GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 104 102 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 102 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 172 173 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 166 Mixed 104 SusWrite 172 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 55GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 94 111 108 108 111 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 50.1 Write 27.4 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 107 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 32GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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	856x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	321x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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