Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	96.9% 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	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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '23 at 04:44
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 571 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 213 Parallax 149 116% 168 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 398 298 285 279 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 290 Mixed 362 SusWrite 330 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 38.3 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 92GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 408 419 410 401 416 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 455 Mixed 354 SusWrite 410 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 39.5 133% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 EVO 500G 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 71GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 351 354 365 365 363 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 340 Write 362 Mixed 283 SusWrite 352 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 29.7 95% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 184 128% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	21.5"	1920 1080	PLN2200 PLN2200

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	42x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
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	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	26x
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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