Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 15:31
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 228 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 592 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 123% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 402 385 359 336 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 431 Mixed 274 SusWrite 363 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.7 164% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 332GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 376 365 355 346 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 434 Mixed 339 SusWrite 362 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 39.3 137% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 338 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 153GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 226 227 226 225 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 452 Mixed 325 SusWrite 247 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.5 197% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 336 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WDC WD10 EARS-22Y5B1 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 590GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 11 10 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 14.2 Mixed 17 SusWrite 10.5 20% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 35% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
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	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 $269	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 $177	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