Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics108% 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 Drive146% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateMay 16 '20 at 20:01
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 128
2-Core 223
86% 149 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 400
54% 406 Pts
64-Core 442
27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 155
Parallax 134
115% 143 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 139
Splatting 114
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 413 430 431 430 428 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 690
Write 676
Mixed 653
SusWrite 424
137% 611 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 56.4
190% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 728
DQ Mixed 796
585% 767 MB/s
Poor: 143%
This bench: 146%
Great: 238%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119
277GB free
Firmware: 1AQ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 78 77 78 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
41.9% Average
Read 69.2
Write 24
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 76.8
38% 51.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 41.9%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
59.3% Above average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 19.3
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 20.6
SC Mixed 18.1
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 57.7
69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 68%

 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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