Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.7% 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	102% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '23 at 18:21
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 350 45% 340 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 113 97% 120 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 96.5 88% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 389 401 429 448 403 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 381 Mixed 382 SusWrite 392 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 44.2 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 203 212 205 214 215 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 108 Write 59.7 Mixed 76 SusWrite 207 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 62%

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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	22	2	165	34.1"	1280 720	SAM711A LC34G55T

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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	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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