Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	167% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 09:18
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 130 2-Core 236 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 652 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 209 Parallax 266 188% 235 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 228 Splatting 172 176% 222 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 89 80 65 69 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 435 Write 324 Mixed 295 SusWrite 93.1 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.7 165% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 97.9 116% 195 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 99GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 199 228 228 231 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 370 SusWrite 209 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.2 211% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 339 261% 355 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: 135 204 405 398 428 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 454 Mixed 310 SusWrite 332 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45 166% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 181 156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 199GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 428 107 194 91 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 673 Mixed 602 SusWrite 190 123% 552 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 78 270% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 467 381% 544 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 110GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 133 135 131 133 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 91.2 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 131 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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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	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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