Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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 Drive	85.6% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 03:05
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 710 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 199 Parallax 198 152% 194 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 181 Splatting 127 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 229 221 222 237 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 400 Write 396 Mixed 198 SusWrite 229 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 35.9 147% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 120 125% 206 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 99%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 75GB free Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 136 145 144 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 459 Write 356 Mixed 325 SusWrite 146 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 17.7 83% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 34% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 55%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 130GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 534 543 524 547 546 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 732 Write 644 Mixed 658 SusWrite 533 144% 642 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 84.4 282% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 1,061 695% 814 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 235 238 229 240 240 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 422 SusWrite 237 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.9 227% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 179 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 132 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69% Good	Read 487 Write 133 Mixed 133 SusWrite 132 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 22.1 131% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 42.7 40% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

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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	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 $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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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