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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '23 at 21:01
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$56 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 308 41% 307 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 96% 123 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso NVME 500GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 114 610 632 136 456 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 656 Write 565 Mixed 528 SusWrite 389 120% 535 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 24.3 139% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 393 351% 534 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 249%
SSD 512GB 512GB 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 380GB free Firmware: HCS2705B SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 317 268 283 337 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 452 Write 383 Mixed 319 SusWrite 299 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 9.3 88% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 12.1 61% 135 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 211%
SSD 512GB 512GB 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 462GB free Firmware: V1031C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 348 289 291 361 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 417 Write 397 Mixed 352 SusWrite 319 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 18 105% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 26.6 92% 197 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 211%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 211GB free Firmware: 0007APM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 84 87 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 61.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 85.8 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	30	26.9"	2560 1377	ACR0440 S277HK

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,796 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	894x
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	112x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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