Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	89.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 14:34
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 720 79% 622 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 174 Parallax 164 138% 169 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 157 Splatting 137 137% 172 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 153 116 111 118 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 460 Write 326 Mixed 326 SusWrite 130 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.8 170% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 137 134% 208 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 99GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 218 229 231 231 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 446 Mixed 318 SusWrite 218 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.3 217% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 341 263% 358 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 475GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 234 424 426 425 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 461 Mixed 324 SusWrite 355 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 46.5 175% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 180 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 207GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 507 94 98 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 673 Mixed 610 SusWrite 205 125% 559 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 75.8 264% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 272 290% 482 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 125GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 136 134 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 79.7 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 134 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 87%

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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	157x

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	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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Total price: $810

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 $178	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