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Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 18:20
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 235 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 450 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 109% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 100 94% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 461 Mixed 312 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 56.6 192% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba HDWN180 8TB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4TB free Firmware: GX2M SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 220 224 227 224 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 200 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 223 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.9 243% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
Toshiba HDWN180 8TB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free Firmware: GX2M SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 152 150 151 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 176 Mixed 94 SusWrite 150 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.7 243% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 131%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 2,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 24 32 23 33 32 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 47 Write 11 Mixed 7 SusWrite 25.5 25% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 86% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 27%
HGST HDN 726060ALE614 6TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 215 216 211 210 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.6% Excellent	Read 207 Write 218 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 207 239% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.2 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 71%

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Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 942 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	371x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	208x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 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	26x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

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