Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	182% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 09:37
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 437 56% 425 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 63.5 59% 69.2 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 56.6 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 530 601 591 588 584 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 591 Mixed 600 SusWrite 585 137% 610 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 86.9 277% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 1101 724% 854 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 81 85 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 195 Write 124 Mixed 150 SusWrite 78.4 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.8 122% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 97 76% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 97GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 142 142 142 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 464 Write 414 Mixed 279 SusWrite 172 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35 154% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 115 104% 164 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 180 184 183 185 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 129 Mixed 81 SusWrite 182 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 81%

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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	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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Total price: $810

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