Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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!
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% 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	105% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 07:41
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 732 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2092 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 113 93% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 364 414 373 424 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 412 Mixed 294 SusWrite 391 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 41.3 151% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 138 161% 278 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Plextor PX-512S2C 512GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 337GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 196 201 196 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 318 Mixed 376 SusWrite 229 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 52.2 178% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 254 218% 322 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 147 156 154 156 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 163 173 176 173 153 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2520, 2520, 2520, 2520 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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