Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	100% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '21 at 16:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 198 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 649 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.4 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 117 Parallax 152 79% 122 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 80.8 78% 96.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 306 323 324 309 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 344 Mixed 284 SusWrite 315 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.8 156% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 114 146% 263 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 830GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 5.2 9.3 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 18.4 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 10.5 13% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 90%

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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-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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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 $179	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