Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 23:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 688 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 127 103% 130 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 475 Mixed 373 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.1 214% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 679GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 699 682 697 699 685 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 653 Write 697 Mixed 677 SusWrite 684 153% 678 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.4 203% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 1,059 716% 865 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 284%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 148 149 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 96.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 148 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 159 162 162 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 134 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 160 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 71%

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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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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