Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 04:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 660 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 77.5 66% 82.1 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 69.8 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 451 Write 430 Mixed 302 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.6 156% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 173 180% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 128GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 39GB free Firmware: VBM19D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 124 109 119 136 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 202 Write 62.2 Mixed 117 SusWrite 124 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 8.2 42% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 7.6 DQ Mixed 9.8 8% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 32%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 94GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 47 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 50 Write 46.7 Mixed 28 SusWrite 49.2 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 45%
SABRENT 1TB 627GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 593 571 520 534 549 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 64%

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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%

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	199x
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	64x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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