Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 21:21
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 421 58% 428 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 78.2 70% 84.1 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 69.6 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 169 173 190 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 510 Write 190 Mixed 244 SusWrite 168 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 175 145% 209 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 263GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 95 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 95.4 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $182	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) $30	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