Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.6% 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	170% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 16:12
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 600 66% 519 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 64.8 60% 70.4 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 56.9 53% 66.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 498 571 535 540 538 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 646 Write 534 Mixed 564 SusWrite 496 126% 560 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 82.3 262% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 917 627% 772 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 355%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 330 Mixed 286 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.3 139% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 146 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 813GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 165 168 168 168 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 97.7 Write 138 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 163 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.6 203% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 581GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 109 109 109 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 108 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 103%

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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