Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	111% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 01:09
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 594 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 112% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 315 199 190 189 181 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 453 Mixed 324 SusWrite 245 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.8 194% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
MMSC300 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 128GB free Firmware: R0430A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 12 30 63 6.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.7% Below average	Read 458 Write 175 Mixed 10 SusWrite 36.7 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 46% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 65%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 368GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 57 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 60 Write 55.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 57.7 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 167GB free Firmware: 58.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 38.5 28% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 071D 2TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 446GB free, PID 071d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 43 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 42 Write 41.7 Mixed 28 SusWrite 41.7 52% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

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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	850x
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	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

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	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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