Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32% 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	80.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 03:41
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 178 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 287 36% 273 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$146 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 38.2 34% 40.2 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 27.3 28% 35.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 145 132 137 140 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 412 Write 392 Mixed 351 SusWrite 164 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 39.2 127% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 321 241% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$36 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 627GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 125 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 2x8GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	3	210	55	165	27"	1920 1080	GBT270A G27FC

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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	296x
Core i5-4690KIntel $95Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	151x
Core i7-4790Intel $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	93x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $142Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	20x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $27
Intel Core i5-12600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16