Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 13:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 702 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.8 94% 110 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 67 72 77 69 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 399 SusWrite 108 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58 202% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 241 214% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 419 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.4 222% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 67GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 484 480 476 435 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 416 SusWrite 427 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 66.5 225% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 131%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 144GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 95 99 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 96.7 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 97.5 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 66%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 145 Write 99 Mixed 96.5 137% 113 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 3.6 253% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

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