Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 22 '18 at 00:06
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 96.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 458
58% 437 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 137
Parallax 128
107% 132 fps
MRender 97.1
Gravity 122
Splatting 104
88% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 100%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 281 254 154 193 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 427
Mixed 338
SusWrite 231
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 44.1
158% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 208
178% 259 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 108%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79
31GB free
Firmware: DC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 84 85 87 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
50.9% Above average
Read 407
Write 95.5
Mixed 138
SusWrite 85.3
40% 182 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 17.2
4K Mixed 21.9
87% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 100
DQ Write 37.7
DQ Mixed 47
41% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 79%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 109 122 124 127 131 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
54.2% Above average
Read 72
Write 109
Mixed 41
SusWrite 117
62% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 54.2%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 26.6
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 23.7
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 50.7
79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 81%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 898 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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