Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	170% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 26 days ago, 10 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 21:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$225 208,819 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 587 67% 512 Pts	64-Core 588 40% 588 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 287,870 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2012 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 136 Parallax 125 96% 127 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 100% 113 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$109 129,736 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 433 424 412 428 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 599 Mixed 614 SusWrite 399 131% 586 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 82.8 274% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 858 598% 750 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 275%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$64 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 348 363 377 373 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 442 SusWrite 334 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.5 205% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 130%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 503,065 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 458GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 348 363 378 373 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 466 SusWrite 334 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 30,832 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 352,299 samples	1,148x
Core i5-4690KIntel $190Bench 79%, 214,874 samples	638x
Core i7-4790Intel $225Bench 77%, 208,819 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 605,546 samples	492x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 961,354 samples	183x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,090,662 samples	164x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 690,674 samples	150x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 620,644 samples	103x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 160,620 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 80,906 samples	132x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 65,485 samples	97x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 36,414 samples	96x

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Total price: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $143	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $326	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16