Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	109% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 07:24
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 584 65% 511 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 176 Parallax 151 122% 159 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 156 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 426 434 447 452 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 421 Mixed 337 SusWrite 435 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.2 161% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 138GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 311 308 311 273 268 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 435 Mixed 389 SusWrite 308 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.1 198% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 535GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 241 240 242 241 239 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 257 Write 172 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 240 135% 186 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.7 392% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 1201 AE34G1339U2 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1201 AE34G1339U2 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

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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%

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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	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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16