Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 27 days ago, 27 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '24 at 01:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 1,918 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 95 2-Core 168 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 467 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 116 Parallax 72.3 64% 88.9 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 88.5 72% 87.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 428 Write 373 Mixed 326 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 27.2 105% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 188 170% 257 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 133 134 126 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 127 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 131 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown JHC1866U1308JY 2x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%

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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	120	27"	1280 720	AOC2702 Q27G2WG4

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $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	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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