Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 07:16
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 604 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.6% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 75.2 60% 78 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 0.3 35% 49.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 66%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.16% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.3 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.4 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.16% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 114 48 72 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 438 Write 391 Mixed 224 SusWrite 115 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 30.5 110% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 210 179% 263 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 867GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 171 169 170 170 169 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 105 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 168 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 644GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 128 130 130 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 130 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 27GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 0.8 6.4 6.8 6.9 6.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 42 Write 17.3 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 4.6 23% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 72%

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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	157x

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 $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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16