Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	109% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 15:47
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 604 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2910 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 195 Parallax 175 149% 184 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 132 51 48 47 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 384 SusWrite 123 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.2 210% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 244 216% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 103GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 459 473 477 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 260 Mixed 308 SusWrite 466 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.8 194% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 253 216% 318 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 121%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 762GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 73 76 73 69 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 72.7 Write 75.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 73.4 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 452GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 155 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 154 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0118 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0118 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

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 $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16