Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics24.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus  (all builds)
Memory28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJan 28 '17 at 23:36
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 63.5
2-Core 203
69% 121 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 381
52% 385 Pts
64-Core 387
24% 387 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 81%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153
CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
24.6% Poor
Lighting 29.8
Reflection 32.2
Parallax 35.6
24% 32.6 fps
MRender 28.4
Gravity 23.7
Splatting 37.5
25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 24.6%
Great: 23%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
866GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 172
Mixed 159
129% 172 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 2.53
4K Mixed 0.35
105% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 102%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
MC Read 31.6
MC Write 34.9
MC Mixed 29.4
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 24.2
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 56.5
71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Game Plus Builds (Compare 52 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-Z97X-Game Plus

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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