Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '23 at 07:09
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 209 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 626 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.3% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 75 60% 77.5 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 66 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 602 632 651 652 652 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 666 Write 597 Mixed 608 SusWrite 592 139% 616 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 61.5 206% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 518 389% 518 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 488%
Sandisk SD6SA1M032G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	Read 358 Write 76.6 Mixed 112 SusWrite 77.3 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 29.5 112% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 94.5 83% 127 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 365GB free Firmware: AM0B1J SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 101 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 88.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 99.7 54% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 596GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 31.4 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 87.2 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 50%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 888GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 769GB free, PID 2101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 56.6 Write 23.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 37.9 40% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 21% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 16%

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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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	31.5"	1536 793	MEIA0C9 Panasonic-TV

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 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 $36Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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