Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 12:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 224 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 623 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 114 88% 113 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.7 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 196 162 109 127 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 339 Write 50 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 142 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 5.4 64% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 39 DQ Mixed 65 81% 153 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 115%
MB4000GDUPB 4TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 133 128 132 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 130 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 96%
General UDisk 8GB 7,759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.6 4.5 4 4 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 1 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.9 6% 5.92 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16