Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	139% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 18:41
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 576 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2703 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 126 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 103% 134 fps	Gravity 108 Splatting 88.2 86% 98.3 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD5000BPVT-00HXZT3 480GB 420GB free Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 822 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 157 (BE) vendor-specific 45 51 103082557485 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 218431 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 218431 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178960 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1931 (FC) Unknown 100 100 6	97% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 451 Mixed 466 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 23.6 128% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 75.9 106% 196 MB/s

Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 705 Write 641 Mixed 684 151% 677 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.5 189% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 145 156% 261 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 353%
Seagate ST1500DL003-9VT16L 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 318 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.1% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 114 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.25 126% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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