Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 13:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 516 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2287) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 157 Parallax 154 134% 159 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 143 Splatting 104 110% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 30 30 32 31 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 281GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 318 278 292 300 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 382 Write 433 Mixed 364 SusWrite 311 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 34.6 120% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 206 190% 291 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 360GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 285 262 248 241 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 402 Write 437 Mixed 297 SusWrite 267 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34 121% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 82.7 127% 241 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 128 132 139 132 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 73 SusWrite 131 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns

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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	842x
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 $273	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 $45	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