Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97% 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	95.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '21 at 11:24
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	FRA-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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 580 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 100% 126 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 113 92% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 244 223 212 202 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 404 Mixed 336 SusWrite 229 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 45.4 151% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 162GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 396 407 416 415 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 432 Mixed 404 SusWrite 405 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.2 197% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 533GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 115 116 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 75.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 115 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 100%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$177 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 111 113 113 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 112 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 199% 2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 111%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 444GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 83 83 83 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 81.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 83.6 104% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 261GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 91 91 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 77.6 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 90 92% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 45%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-2 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 15GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 19 19 19 18 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 82.3 Write 12.7 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 18.2 31% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.5 80% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 21%
Sony QD-G128 130GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 109GB free, PID 087c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 264 Write 93.1 Mixed 88.4 155% 148 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%

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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	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 $90Bench 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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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 $550	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