Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% 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 Drive	165% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 22:46
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 593 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 95% 125 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 129 Splatting 115 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 425 400 401 401 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 589 Mixed 614 SusWrite 381 130% 578 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 80.1 264% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 797 567% 725 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 344 369 374 375 376 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 476 Mixed 435 SusWrite 333 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.5 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 458GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 344 369 374 375 376 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 477 Mixed 460 SusWrite 333 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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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	157x

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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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