Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 665 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AMD(1002 0B31) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1285 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 85.6 59% 74.2 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 68 74 58 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 248 Write 104 Mixed 131 SusWrite 75.7 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 11.7 82% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 83.4 72% 108 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 46%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 354GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 112 114 113 115 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 160 Write 123 Mixed 79 SusWrite 114 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-YK0 Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 1315 BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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