Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 10 '20 at 03:13
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 96.8
1-Core 129
2-Core 254
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 700
67% 553 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.2% Very good
Lighting 98.2
Reflection 107
Parallax 96.4
80% 100 fps
MRender 89.6
Gravity 90.3
Splatting 75.8
69% 85.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 507
Write 494
Mixed 404
104% 469 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 63.6
217% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 363
273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
247GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 118 116 112 108 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 138
Write 140
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 114
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.6% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 21.8
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 23.5
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 51
78% 51 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $810
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HDDRAMUSB
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