Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 20 '20 at 07:21
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 248
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 668
65% 531 Pts
64-Core 669
41% 669 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 117
Parallax 98.6
91% 109 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 102
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
304GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 389 384 378 398 404 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 485
Mixed 332
SusWrite 394
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 53.5
188% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 278
228% 326 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 118%
Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
465GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 423 406 407 407 404 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 483
Mixed 417
SusWrite 418
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 60.2
208% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 254
220% 327 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 126%
Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
196GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 84 85 83 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
52.9% Above average
Read 101
Write 106
Mixed 60.7
SusWrite 83.1
64% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
58.5% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.6
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 19.4
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $576
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