Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	274% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 00:56
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 715 65% 547 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 203 Parallax 206 161% 202 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 128 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 318GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 236224512036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1958526522 (F7) Unknown 100 100 61243662 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2867255 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 25.7 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 47.1 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 407% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,376 Mixed 1,408 311% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 156 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 81 415% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 79.7 113% 203 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 527%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$269 852 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 121GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 781 Write 663 Mixed 723 161% 722 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 51.7 175% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 169 179% 295 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 209%
WD WD5000ABYS-01TNA0 500GB-$80 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 386GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 10 10 66328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2261 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 817 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6533 (C2) HDA temperature 106 81 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 69.7 Mixed 55.4 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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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	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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