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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 16:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 570 63% 497 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.5 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 153 142 151 128 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 464 Write 302 Mixed 185 SusWrite 154 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 30.2 123% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 124 128% 213 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 99%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 581GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 14.3 Write 34 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 70.7 30% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,797 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	895x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	364x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	340x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	115x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	105x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	71x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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