Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '21 at 09:56
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 182 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 399 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.9 82% 103 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 156 97 92 91 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 464 Write 431 Mixed 255 SusWrite 114 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 30.5 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 108 101% 165 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 127%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 595GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 96 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 96.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 96.8 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 72 Write 55.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 76.6 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 832GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 173 169 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 178 Mixed 102 SusWrite 171 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 3R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	45%	29	292	212	60	7.2"	1360 768	SAM07BC SAMSUNG

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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