Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '21 at 16:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 698 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 2792) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 14.5 7% 13.2 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.2 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 91 100 98 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 260 Write 153 Mixed 190 SusWrite 101 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.2 149% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 109 87% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G13332 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $85Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $29	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