Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% 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)
Boot Drive	225% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 367 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.4% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 37.4 32% 41.1 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 40 Splatting 52.2 41% 49.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$57 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 510 720 423 540 521 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,312 Write 272 Mixed 349 SusWrite 605 191% 885 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 74 245% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 810 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 27.9 122% 297 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 311%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 149 102 116 109 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 428 Write 322 Mixed 309 SusWrite 132 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 38.3 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 131 130% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 77GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 181 181 165 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 443 Write 185 Mixed 236 SusWrite 179 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 36.8 135% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 169 148% 223 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 78GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 552 600 293 289 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,244 Write 1,063 Mixed 526 SusWrite 413 181% 812 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 50.8 188% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 596 493% 711 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 765GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 156 150 153 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 139 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 154 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 342GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 152 152 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 141 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 151 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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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	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	74x
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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16