Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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	212% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 13:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 252 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 655 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 167 98% 124 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 120 91% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 625 691 662 659 669 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 932 Write 879 Mixed 848 SusWrite 650 186% 827 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 75.1 280% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 1023 DQ Mixed 1,086 820% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 372%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 191GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 145 145 151 132 139 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67% Good	Read 277 Write 192 Mixed 235 SusWrite 145 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.7 133% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 162 120% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 103GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 256 221 220 218 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 396 Mixed 306 SusWrite 232 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 42.3 163% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 257 214% 309 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 161 162 161 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 89.8 Write 84.4 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 162 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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