Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 02 '19 at 01:11
Run Duration228 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 116
2-Core 214
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 582
60% 485 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
Nvidia(10DE 13A0) ≥ 4GB; Generic
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 167
Parallax 165
141% 168 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 150
Splatting 107
118% 150 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 127%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
557GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 465 456 462 468 466 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50
20GB free
Firmware: P1003B
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 493
Write 412
Mixed 291
88% 399 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 21.4
86% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 74
DQ Mixed 99.3
79% 112 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 132 134 134 134 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Read 141
Write 136
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 133
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 100%
Prolific RAID1 1TB
301GB free, PID 2775
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 96 94 94 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
42% Average
Read 115
Write 40.3
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 93.9
96% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 42%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 64D0JKHHJ 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0118 64D0JKHHJ 1302 1600 CL10 Series 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
57% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 16.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 19.2
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 57%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 899 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $783
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