Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.6% 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	146% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 531 66% 506 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 97% 118 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 107 Splatting 94.3 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 533GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 421 147 99 113 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,065 Write 902 Mixed 555 SusWrite 217 152% 685 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.5 220% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 432 343% 474 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 445%
WD WD5000BEVT-22ZAT 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 207GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 72 Write 15.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 67.7 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%
WD WD1600AAJS-00B4A 160GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 149GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 101 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 1GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 0005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 1.9 2 2.4 2.2 3.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 12 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.3 4% 4.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

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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	73x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16