Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 01:14
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 186 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 472 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 123 Parallax 114 75% 110 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 111 Splatting 95.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 57 54 36 49 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 398 Write 326 Mixed 130 SusWrite 59.9 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 26.1 72% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 87.3 124% 226 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$32 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 246GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 129 119 128 102 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 119 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 62%

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

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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 $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 $109Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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