Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive113% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140425
Uptime1 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 23:57
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 120
2-Core 243
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 480
60% 454 Pts
64-Core 463
29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Lighting 95.4
Reflection 87.5
Parallax 80.2
78% 87.7 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 79.3
Splatting 78.6
74% 93 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 318 319 320 321 320 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 423
Mixed 405
SusWrite 323
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 60.1
187% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 363
274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 113%
Great: 126%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
86GB free
Firmware: DXT08B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 128 129 130 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
65% Good
Read 348
Write 126
Mixed 131
SusWrite 130
40% 184 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 18.5
114% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 47.6
81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 65%
Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
984GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 132 133 136 136 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Read 163
Write 132
Mixed 102
SusWrite 130
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 19.4
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 19.8
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 55.7
72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 898 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-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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HDDRAMUSB
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