Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	328% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 510 63% 482 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 124 Parallax 128 110% 129 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 837GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1337 1703 1778 1191 1176 1183 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 2,063 Mixed 1,479 SusWrite 1,394 398% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 89.2 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,548 DQ Write 1,310 DQ Mixed 1,428 1,070% 1,429 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 442 Write 132 Mixed 134 SusWrite 132 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 18.7 118% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 48.9 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 395GB free Firmware: DEM6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 101 Write 111 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 107 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.5 305% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 206 207 206 202 206 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 94.2 Write 168 Mixed 29 SusWrite 205 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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