Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 624 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.7 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.7 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 102 107 104 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 437 Write 108 Mixed 162 SusWrite 104 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 14.8 99% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 28.5 42% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%
PNY SSD2SC24G1SA754D117-457P 240GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 96GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 426 417 430 438 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 422 Mixed 328 SusWrite 424 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 35.4 144% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 213 180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 100GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 448 401 453 288 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 382 Write 427 Mixed 300 SusWrite 364 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 17.1 114% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 271 222% 315 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16