Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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.
Boot Drive	120% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '20 at 22:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 669 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 5511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 124 Parallax 139 106% 131 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 115 Splatting 103 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 370 446 454 451 338 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 464 Mixed 460 SusWrite 381 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.2 192% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 283 235% 338 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 23GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 380 454 460 458 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 14.3 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 407 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.3 206% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 48GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 127 115 126 138 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 110 Mixed 86 SusWrite 131 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	841x
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	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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