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 (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 389 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGW080A4 80GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 93 92 89 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 348 Write 99.8 Mixed 149 SusWrite 90.5 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 37.6 150% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 103 88% 133 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 72%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 302GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 76 74 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 85.9 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 74.9 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 95 101 105 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 98.9 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 97.9 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 86%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 12GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 16 16 15 15 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 15.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 15.4 23% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16