Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.7% 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	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 07:35
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 684 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 0429) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 17 Parallax 21.3 13% 18 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 15.7 13% 15.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 14%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 120GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 92 96 97 94 MB/s Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 153 SusWrite 93.7 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 29.6 140% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 134 107% 151 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 121 121 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 148 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 121 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUS726T4TALA6L4 4TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: VLGNW40H SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 187 192 187 191 188 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 70%

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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-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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