Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 03:49
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 584 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1096 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 111 71% 86.2 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 77.6 61% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 476 Mixed 373 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.1 209% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 232 207% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 8GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 558 Write 403 Mixed 435 103% 465 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.1 166% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 186 146% 208 MB/s
Poor: 95% Great: 144%
Edge Boost Pro SSD 480GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 12GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 304 Write 222 Mixed 266 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 22.4 78% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.6 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 69.5 53% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 120 119 119 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 148 Write 120 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 119 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 70GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 62.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 66.1 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EVGA SuperSC DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 24.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

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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	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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