Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 17:28
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 571 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.1% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 37.2 32% 40.9 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 51.8 41% 49.4 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 290 282 282 281 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 476 Mixed 452 SusWrite 284 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63 215% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 279 231% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 477GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 341 344 344 348 352 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 428 Mixed 366 SusWrite 343 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 45.6 162% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 232 209% 316 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 148 142 145 140 142 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 143 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 204% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 23.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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