Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% 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	85.7% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 01:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 266 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 531 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 97 Parallax 97.9 81% 98 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 76.1 71% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 6,980 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 296 104 101 101 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 456 Write 101 Mixed 355 SusWrite 163 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 40.4 143% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 214 185% 271 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 108%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 266 271 267 263 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 267 Mixed 302 SusWrite 254 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 150 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 135 464% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 343 251% 330 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 328%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 147 148 148 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 384GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 125 126 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 70%

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Desktop 84%

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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	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16