Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 12:18
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 498 64% 486 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.4 87% 107 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%
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
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 284 286 285 264 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 363 SusWrite 293 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.6 195% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 889GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 402 448 440 433 429 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 382 SusWrite 428 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 39.7 131% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 284 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 186 185 186 185 186 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 125 Write 70.5 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 178 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,886 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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 $45	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