Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '24 at 13:07
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 way below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 171 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 463 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.34 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 124 Parallax 76.3 67% 94.3 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 94.3 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 447 Write 323 Mixed 330 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 31.1 116% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 11.2 53% 123 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: 88 111 118 120 125 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 114 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown JHC1866U1308JY 0420 DDR3 1600 0811 JHC1866U1308JY 0420 DDR3 1600 28GB 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns

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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	59	120	27"	2560 1417	AOC2702 Q27G2WG4

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	853x
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	319x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16