Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '22 at 17:26
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 410 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 70.9 61% 74.7 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 71.1 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 284 299 260 163 248 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 436 Mixed 336 SusWrite 246 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 42.2 149% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 208 178% 259 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 108%
Kingston SKC6002048G 2TB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 950GB free Firmware: S4500105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 348 368 377 397 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 359 Write 21.2 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 338 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 23.3 125% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 33.4 65% 142 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 132%
VK0480GDJXV 480GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 328GB free Firmware: 4IWVHPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 349 368 376 389 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 348 Write 422 Mixed 302 SusWrite 343 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 37.5 144% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 264 202% 273 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 981GB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 126 124 125 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 117 Write 179 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 121 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.9 266% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16