Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	153% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 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 06 '23 at 13:34
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 219 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 585 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% 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: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 537.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 84.5 22% 45.9 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 34.1 Splatting 58.2 47% 57.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$105 327,441 User benchmarks, average bench 385% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 564 593 627 642 641 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 626 Mixed 614 SusWrite 579 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 68 217% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 542 405% 540 MB/s
Poor: 266% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 477%
Sandisk SD6SA1M032G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 75 75 76 77 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	Read 335 Write 73.2 Mixed 109 SusWrite 74.6 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 30.1 104% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 92.6 82% 127 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 365GB free Firmware: AM0B1J SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 100 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 88.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 96.9 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 60%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 596GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 89 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 31.5 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 86.9 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.2% 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: 34 38 38 39 39 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 54.9 Write 25.4 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 37.7 40% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 21% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.1% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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	66	48	60	31.5"	1536 793	MEIA0C9 Panasonic-TV

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Gaming 42%

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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	856x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	321x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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