Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.8% 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 Drive177% 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.
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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 24 '20 at 08:55
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Memory 94.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 233
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 731
75% 606 Pts
64-Core 733
45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 134
Parallax 117
96% 123 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 110
Splatting 97.2
84% 103 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 517 570 398 397 396 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
177% Outstanding
Read 740
Write 606
Mixed 623
SusWrite 418
134% 597 MB/s
4K Read 67
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 87.8
290% 99.7 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 627
DQ Mixed 1,074
703% 827 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 177%
Great: 302%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
63.7% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.5
61% 21.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 21
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 57.8
69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 85%

 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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