Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '21 at 07:26
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 270 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 728 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 209 Parallax 267 186% 235 fps	MRender 266 Gravity 227 Splatting 162 173% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 147 200 178 197 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 324 Mixed 319 SusWrite 175 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45 168% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 144 134% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 60GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 179 206 208 211 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 492 Mixed 340 SusWrite 177 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.3 215% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 340 262% 357 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 237GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 186 320 398 399 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 466 Mixed 322 SusWrite 310 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46 171% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 180 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 74GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 413 277 94 93 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 743 Write 677 Mixed 610 SusWrite 200 125% 558 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 80.3 277% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 465 381% 545 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 171 208 210 212 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 170 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 188 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 25.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

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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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 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 $38Bench 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	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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