Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed 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 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 625 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 71 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 64.4 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 365 Write 413 Mixed 269 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.2 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 321 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 375 477 482 485 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 487 Mixed 392 SusWrite 426 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60 201% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 336GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 140 Write 113 Mixed 116 SusWrite 62.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 719GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 106 SusWrite 90.1 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,708 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	847x
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	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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16