Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 06:02
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 300 42% 311 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3540 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	1.88% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 3 Parallax 3.09 2% 2.74 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 0.93 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.58 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.88% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 49.6 30% 38.6 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 37.3 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 376 Write 367 Mixed 325 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 64.5 214% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 123%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free, PID ab2a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 175 123 156 179 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 203 Write 142 Mixed 104 SusWrite 162 198% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.6 292% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 21.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

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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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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