Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 23 '19 at 04:20
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 223
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 584
64% 506 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 137
Parallax 155
117% 145 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 138
Splatting 108
113% 143 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 113%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
114GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 78 78 79 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
44.7% Average
Read 77.2
Write 78.8
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 78.3
52% 71.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44.7%
Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 61 41 71 73 66 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 172
Write 164
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 68.7
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
51.7% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.5
50% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 17.8
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 60%

 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 898 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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