Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	91% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 15:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

Watch Gameplay: 5600-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 690 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Gigabyte(1458 231C) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 151 85% 124 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 75.5 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 350 296 327 309 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 342 Mixed 317 SusWrite 322 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.8 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 118 148% 262 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 97%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 827GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 172 Mixed 110 SusWrite 181 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.8 357% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 186C0 V3 Series 4x8GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 98%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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