Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.85% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 08:22
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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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)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 240 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 728 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% 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: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.85% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.38 8% 10.3 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 10 Splatting 13 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 176 112 95 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 440 Write 321 Mixed 307 SusWrite 129 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 44.9 168% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 144 138% 211 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: 218 227 230 231 232 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 448 Mixed 329 SusWrite 229 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 61.5 212% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 337 260% 356 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 366GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 326 420 415 424 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 463 Mixed 320 SusWrite 372 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 46 171% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 181 156% 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: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 316 93 129 100 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 680 Mixed 612 SusWrite 214 126% 563 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 81.5 283% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 465 382% 547 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 144 144 143 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 91.5 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 143 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

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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%

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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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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