Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	105% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 22:02
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 656 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 100 Parallax 91.2 84% 98 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 79.4 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 433 424 387 361 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 407 Mixed 305 SusWrite 393 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 151% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 236 202% 298 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 336 334 326 315 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 424 Write 196 Mixed 188 SusWrite 327 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 29.2 123% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 65.9 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 89%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 169 171 171 171 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.2% Good	Read 174 Write 21.9 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 165 119% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 0R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	14%	21	109	6	144	34.1"	2560 1080	GSM76FE LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 42%

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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 $37Bench 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 $15	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16