Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.2% 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	113% 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.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 657 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 98% 124 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 287 279 287 300 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 446 Mixed 372 SusWrite 298 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.2 191% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 67GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 401 403 394 402 412 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 426 Mixed 369 SusWrite 396 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 26.2 107% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 287 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 416GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 163 164 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 155 Mixed 84 SusWrite 162 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	71x

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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16