Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.6%, 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	83.9% 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 09:29
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 713 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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: 456.38 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% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 102 90 81 90 87 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 432 Write 324 Mixed 293 SusWrite 104 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.7 163% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 144 132% 198 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 99GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 233 231 232 232 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 450 Mixed 339 SusWrite 228 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 59.7 209% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 343 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 366GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 342 413 408 415 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 447 Mixed 305 SusWrite 371 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.7 164% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 181 157% 226 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 558 309 91 125 97 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 723 Write 660 Mixed 605 SusWrite 212 123% 550 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 76.8 267% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 468 383% 547 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 139 140 142 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 140 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

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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	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