Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.8%, 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	107% 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.

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	27.9 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 15:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 736 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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 184 Reflection 194 Parallax 175 150% 184 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 128 119% 147 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: 439 287 53 46 44 44 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 421 SusWrite 152 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 56.8 200% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 248 218% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 126%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 103GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 452 472 482 481 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 487 Mixed 394 SusWrite 468 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 55.1 199% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 275 228% 328 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 121%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 762GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 86 86 86 84 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 71.7 Write 72.7 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 85 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 452GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 159 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 154 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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 (53^rd percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 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