Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	112% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '24 at 20:35
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 199 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 387 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti-$385 17,450 User benchmarks, average bench 145% Asus(1043 88F8) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 193 Parallax 233 175% 213 fps	MRender 300 Gravity 168 Splatting 126 153% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 156%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 322 420 426 432 430 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 464 Mixed 428 SusWrite 388 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 54.9 179% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 292 353 353 352 352 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 465 Mixed 435 SusWrite 332 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 54.9 178% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 182 183 183 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 123 Mixed 106 SusWrite 181 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 500GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 461GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 69 67 69 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 70.6 Write 56.9 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 68.6 78% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.2 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 23.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

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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	70	58	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0A20 S22C300

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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	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
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	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16