Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 18:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 62.8 2-Core 115 58% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 274 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 40.7 28% 35.2 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 37.4 28% 33.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 117 119 113 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 361 Write 128 Mixed 170 SusWrite 119 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 29.7 104% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 117 98% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 553GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 132 136 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 176 Mixed 78 SusWrite 135 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 594GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 114 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 68%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	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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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 $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