Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 360 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 70.3 58% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 76.9 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%
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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 6 Parallax 5.87 3% 5.19 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 68 112 109 110 115 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 140 Write 128 Mixed 84 SusWrite 95.8 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%
Samsung SP1213C 120GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 80GB free Firmware: SV100-34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 52 51 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 51 Write 58.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 51.1 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 33%
ST325041 0AS 250GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 74GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 42 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 21.6 Mixed 29 SusWrite 42.3 44% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 445GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 36 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 34.8 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 36.3 46% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16