Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.1% 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 18:53
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 725 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 10.9 10% 12 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 15.2 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 10.3% 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: 208 188 170 136 134 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 328 Mixed 298 SusWrite 158 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 42.6 166% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 149 136% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 99GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 228 232 232 231 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 426 Mixed 314 SusWrite 228 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 58.6 211% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 475GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 317 415 422 422 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 442 Mixed 313 SusWrite 370 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 45.5 172% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 180 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 207GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 348 95 93 99 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 676 Mixed 611 SusWrite 214 126% 562 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 75.4 276% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 462 381% 546 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 125GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 135 134 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 80 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 134 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

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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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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