Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	84.3% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '23 at 00:04
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 550 52% 431 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 214 Parallax 142 116% 166 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 261 259 252 252 213 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 460 Write 413 Mixed 381 SusWrite 264 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 30.8 110% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 343 261% 352 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 91GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 416 397 351 291 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 419 Mixed 396 SusWrite 329 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 33.1 117% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 EVO 500G 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 63GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 348 353 353 362 361 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 199 Write 321 Mixed 230 SusWrite 352 63% 276 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 27.7 90% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 166 119% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64% 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 (74^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.5% 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	67	54	60	21.5"	1280 720	PLN2200 PLN2200

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	42x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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