Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 13:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 512 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 145 81% 112 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 130 91% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 143 108 8.7 2.3 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 306 Write 106 Mixed 170 SusWrite 90 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 43 151% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 210 171% 239 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 368GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 73 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 73.9 94% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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