Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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 Drive	295% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 695 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 179 Parallax 187 146% 182 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 155 Splatting 119 125% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 2TB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 286% 820GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411BB SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 674 1549 1107 1103 1108 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,440 Write 2,285 Mixed 248 SusWrite 1,058 335% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 89.1 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 592 524% 797 MB/s
Poor: 196% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 377%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 308GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 271 257 237 239 141 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 821 Write 404 Mixed 238 SusWrite 237 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.4 126% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 48.6 86% 165 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 140 137 140 140 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 167 Write 161 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 137 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 112%

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 (63^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 80%

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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%

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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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16