Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.3% 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	94.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 06:30
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 727 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2092 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 92% 115 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 106 Splatting 101 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 378 387 369 394 350 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 383 Mixed 282 SusWrite 380 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 36.7 124% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 86 136% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 104%
Plextor PX-512S2C 512GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 308GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 197 195 196 197 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 400 Mixed 348 SusWrite 226 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38.3 151% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 256 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 141 141 140 139 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 694 173 176 173 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

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

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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