Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	81.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 02:39
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 422 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 100% 117 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1211 240GB SSD 754D117-820 877 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 212 155 153 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 453 Write 303 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 177 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 40.4 138% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 111 108% 176 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 93%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 926GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 59 59 58 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 85.8 Write 81.8 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 58 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 26 SusWrite 125 80% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 282GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 7 Mixed 0.3 3% 3.65 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 352GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 54 53 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 50.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 53.3 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 56%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 759GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 111 111 111 110 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 32 SusWrite 110 125% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 62%
431 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 43GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 120 Write 35.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 35.4 69% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.5 113% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-1600-MR 1201 AE34G1339U2 0821 08G-D3-1600-MR 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

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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 $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 $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