Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.5% 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 Drive117% 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.
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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateNov 21 '18 at 18:32
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 23%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Memory 97.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 232
88% 153 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 666
71% 565 Pts
64-Core 660
41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
92% 111 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 103
Splatting 98.5
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 342 266 245 213 182 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 425
Mixed 345
SusWrite 287
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 56.2
211% 79 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 361
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 117%
Great: 134%
Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB
9GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 93 94 93 94 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
34.5% Below average
Read 103
Write 96.7
Mixed 98
SusWrite 93.7
22% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 17
4K Mixed 18.9
64% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 109
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 129
91% 115 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 34.5%
Great: 34%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 25.5
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.2
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 25.2
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 48.1
83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 83.4%
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 901 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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