Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	107% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 12:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 402 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.9 18% 20.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 144 79 127 172 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 437 Mixed 352 SusWrite 153 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 57.7 207% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 59.7 125% 254 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 145GB free Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 432 437 419 452 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 480 Mixed 309 SusWrite 422 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.3 157% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 43 116% 248 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 59GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 89 88 83 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 85.5 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 97 90 92 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 89 Write 87.3 Mixed 63 SusWrite 91.2 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 13.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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