Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.6% 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	106% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '20 at 15:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 652 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 115 Parallax 119 96% 117 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 102 Splatting 81.4 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 127 77 76 75 73 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 449 Mixed 371 SusWrite 112 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.5 204% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 414GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 56 Write 99 Mixed 55 SusWrite 97.8 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

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

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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	845x
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 $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	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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16