Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	122% 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	61.1% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 12:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 372 42% 331 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 158 Parallax 146 143% 160 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 115 Splatting 99.8 96% 120 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 330 89 68 48 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 418 Write 349 Mixed 349 SusWrite 149 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 28.5 90% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 63.2 DQ Mixed 116 96% 144 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 118%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 368 Write 224 Mixed 190 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 19.8 76% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 110 90% 133 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 102%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 86GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 151 136 135 134 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 368 Write 159 Mixed 207 SusWrite 137 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 22.2 85% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 51.6 DQ Mixed 93.1 81% 124 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 704GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 163 162 164 159 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 150 Mixed 94.6 SusWrite 160 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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 $273	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 $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