Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 165% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	194% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '20 at 10:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 681 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.83 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.4 4% 5.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Nvidia(10DE 1455) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 281 Reflection 256 Parallax 287 229% 275 fps	MRender 324 Gravity 239 Splatting 179 194% 247 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 294 241 206 160 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 468 Mixed 385 SusWrite 243 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.5 196% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 89GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 121 119 121 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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