Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 07:45
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 432 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.Q1.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 55.2 35% 48.4 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 32.6 32% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 132 68 108 82 53 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.6% Above average	Read 190 Write 127 Mixed 165 SusWrite 94.7 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 26.8 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 96.7 86% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 158GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 114 116 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 116 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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

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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	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	319x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16