Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	84% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '23 at 01:27
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i7-4770S-$112 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 174 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 434 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 117 Parallax 124 106% 124 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.7 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 281 146 148 140 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 425 Write 412 Mixed 325 SusWrite 207 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 39 127% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 134%
Hitach HDT721010SLA360 1TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 924GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 103 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 100 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 104 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 346GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 110 108 110 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 102 Write 94.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 109 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	3%	37	211	56	30	31.5"	2560 1440	GSM5B95 LG HDR QHD

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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	851x
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	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16