Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive118% 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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 11 '18 at 17:50
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 89.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 222
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 665
64% 528 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 138
Parallax 131
106% 133 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 125
Splatting 106
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAV21H3Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 298 220 146 88 92 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 485
Mixed 392
SusWrite 202
88% 394 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 66.3
225% 81.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 354
267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 118%
Great: 115%
MB4000GDUPB 4TB
2TB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 152 144 148 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Read 141
Write 138
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 147
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.2% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.7
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 15.9
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 67.3
59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 64%

 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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