Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). 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	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 13:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 517 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.8% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 32% 46.4 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 161 99 113 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 374 Write 218 Mixed 227 SusWrite 143 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 12.3 73% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 16.1 24% 42 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 74%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 151GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 495 442 342 120 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 465 Mixed 417 SusWrite 323 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 31.6 115% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 47 139% 297 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 142 135 141 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 79.5 Write 104 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 137 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,027 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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