Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 08:48
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 67 1-Core 109 2-Core 257 76% 144 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 672 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 116% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 152 132 143 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 457 Write 344 Mixed 272 SusWrite 174 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.2 137% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 151 160% 268 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 116%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 72GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 323 338 347 353 356 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 522 Write 338 Mixed 320 SusWrite 340 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 25.3 101% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 191 172% 255 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 103%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 137GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 75 78 70 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 112 Write 80.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 75.1 53% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 671GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 133 135 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 91.5 Write 87 Mixed 62 SusWrite 134 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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