Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	151% 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	135% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '23 at 18:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 483 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8675) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 189 Parallax 219 165% 203 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 204 Splatting 157 162% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 590GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 452 533 513 513 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 806 Mixed 505 SusWrite 486 153% 686 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 45 151% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 440 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 411 325% 448 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 445%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 121GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 264 304 310 310 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 422 Mixed 373 SusWrite 289 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 43.6 149% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 538GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 155 150 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 119 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 154 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 80 105 109 110 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 94.7 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 192% 2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 289GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 91 93 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 64.1 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 93.2 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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