Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive90.8% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime28.8 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 15:37
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 206
81% 139 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 616
64% 512 Pts
64-Core 636
39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 147
Parallax 125
110% 136 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 132
Splatting 105
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X31200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 164 179 161 159 126 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 428
Mixed 320
SusWrite 174
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 89.5
4K Mixed 42.6
148% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 238
206% 304 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 108%
Mushkin MKNSSDCR060GB-DX 60GB
56GB free
Firmware: 320ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 123 124 123 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 434
Write 122
Mixed 174
SusWrite 117
46% 211 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 36.5
145% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 138
107% 148 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 76%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151
662GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 118 119 119 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
71.2% Very good
Read 130
Write 121
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 118
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
AMD R938G2130U2S 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
63.3% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 18.7
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 70%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $810
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