Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 09:55
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 218 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 641 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 189 Parallax 172 149% 181 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 178 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,088 Write 5,186 Mixed 5,715 1,263% 5,663 MB/s	4K Read 376 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 237 978% 270 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 644 494% 681 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 244GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 358 361 272 222 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 460 Mixed 406 SusWrite 294 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 53 162% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 347 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 257GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 348 341 365 373 361 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 424 Mixed 414 SusWrite 349 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 51.8 168% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 300 243% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 419GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 202 175 160 175 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 464 Write 450 Mixed 178 SusWrite 199 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 32.3 105% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 121 150% 266 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 107%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 245GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 101 110 110 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 108 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 107 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 656GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 171 168 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 163 Write 167 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 171 187% 140 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 163% 5.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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