Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	94.8% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '16 at 05:40
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 562 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 166 Parallax 159 134% 163 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 154 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 93GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 455 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 163208691743 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 503 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 25.5 122% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 181 164% 252 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14406 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1022 (B1) Unknown 99 99 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 305 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10407434622	94.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 445 Mixed 472 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.8 148% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 24.4 36% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 4x4GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 71%

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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	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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