Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.8% 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 Drive160% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 13 '20 at 19:25
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
Memory 94.7
1-Core 142
2-Core 257
93% 165 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 724
77% 616 Pts
64-Core 737
46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 122
Parallax 108
90% 113 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 103
Splatting 88.7
78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 507 483 398 398 396 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
160% Outstanding
Read 739
Write 605
Mixed 627
SusWrite 402
133% 593 MB/s
4K Read 67.2
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 58
249% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 1048
688% 813 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 160%
Great: 302%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
63.3% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.4
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 19.9
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 85%

 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 901 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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