Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	161% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 21:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 667 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 139 Parallax 127 104% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A7T25A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 623 618 586 568 580 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 641 Mixed 625 SusWrite 547 142% 630 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 56.1 232% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 530 430% 612 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 310%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 195 194 194 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 182 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 185 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 257% 2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 3x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	847x
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	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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16