Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.5% 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 Drive116% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 20 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 123
2-Core 240
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 656
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 650
40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 116
Parallax 98.2
91% 109 fps
MRender 98.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 367 384 400 399 391 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 423
Mixed 198
SusWrite 386
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.8
184% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 273
225% 324 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 116%
Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
465GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 420 405 466 439 406 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 226
Mixed 270
SusWrite 434
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 60.2
208% 74 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 248
208% 304 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 126%
Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
206GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 83 84 83 83 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
54.7% Above average
Read 107
Write 108
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 83.7
66% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
58.8% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 17
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 20.2
56% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $576
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