Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 20 '19 at 09:38
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 76.1
1-Core 105
2-Core 208
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 422
56% 422 Pts
64-Core 424
26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp
Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
129% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 194
Parallax 179
145% 184 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 188
Splatting 130
119% 147 fps
Poor: 114%
This bench: 129%
Great: 140%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 393 404 395 393 396 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 524
Write 396
Mixed 399
SusWrite 386
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 38
142% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 624
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 487
369% 503 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 111%
Great: 142%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB
233GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 48 48 45 40 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
28.9% Poor
Read 53.7
Write 52.3
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 46.4
35% 47.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 28.9%
Great: 32%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB
1GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.9 4 3.7 3.5 3.9 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
3.27% Terrible
Read 11.8
Write 2.5
Mixed 5.5
SusWrite 3.7
7% 5.88 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.27%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
32.6% Below average
MC Read 11.6
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 9.7
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 8.4
SC Mixed 8.9
25% 8.9 GB/s
Latency 88
45% 88 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 32.6%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $810
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