Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	28.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '22 at 15:17
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 450 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 112 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.1 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$45 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 4 28 11 44 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.8% Poor	Read 199 Write 190 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 37.3 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 0.1 50% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 70 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 0.2 33% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 270GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 157 165 168 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 155 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 165 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 355GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 84 85 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 90.1 Write 88.4 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 82.4 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-447.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-447.A00LF 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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	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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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