Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 644 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 85.3 82% 92.3 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 76.4 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 103 103 108 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 162 Mixed 157 SusWrite 105 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 29.1 125% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 123 105% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 85%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 300GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 685 694 698 698 697 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 656 Mixed 653 SusWrite 690 151% 668 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 67.1 230% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 992 677% 828 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 284%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 477GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 386 391 392 388 387 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 376 SusWrite 388 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50 178% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 195 190% 303 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 609GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.2 Mixed 77 SusWrite 92.1 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 63%

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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	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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