Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.3% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '18 at 23:37
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 505 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.7% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 50.9 46% 55.5 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.7 Splatting 47.5 43% 53.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 260 287 290 287 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 366 Write 293 Mixed 228 SusWrite 268 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 31.3 124% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 243 204% 296 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 129%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 35GB free Firmware: 07TA SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 204 208 211 195 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 367 Write 227 Mixed 237 SusWrite 192 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 13.7 83% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 23.9 42% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 69%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 84 51 50 50 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 433 Write 385 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 80.5 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 33.8 102% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 93.1 88% 144 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 91%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 13 19 6.1 26 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 294 Write 33.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 17.5 19% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 0.2 30% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 466GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 150 Write 109 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 128 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 129 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%
Seagate BUP Slim 240GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 41GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 90 50 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 6% Great: 22%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 39GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 52 32 31 32 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 135 Write 98 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 43.3 116% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 2.9 214% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0921 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 83%

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16