Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 09:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 162 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 295 42% 309 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 72%

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: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 63.5 58% 69 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 60.4 54% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 138 132 143 140 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 315 Write 194 Mixed 239 SusWrite 138 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 40.6 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 184 148% 210 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 115GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 85.5 Write 80 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 79.7 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 237GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 142 143 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 141 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 738GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 198 195 192 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 166 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-040.A00LF 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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