Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 17:19
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 551 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 181 Parallax 171 139% 174 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 178 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SDLF1CRM-017T-1HST 1.5TB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 534GB free Firmware: ZR06RPA1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 234 235 232 248 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 286 Write 415 Mixed 291 SusWrite 238 70% 307 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 30.7 100% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 236 184% 254 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%
SDLFGC7R-960G-1HST 960GB 190GB free Firmware: ZN1HMC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 234 235 232 245 251 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.2% Very good	Read 325 Write 358 Mixed 274 SusWrite 236 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 34.6 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 165 137% 201 MB/s

WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 580 576 584 537 427 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 650 Mixed 628 SusWrite 540 140% 620 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55.5 199% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 934 650% 812 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 276%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 97 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 107 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 25E3 1TB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 902GB free, PID 25e3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 119 116 120 118 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 74.2 Write 106 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 117 136% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 0.8 325% 3.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 403% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%
7 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 227GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 11 11 9.6 11 11 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 94.7 Write 6 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 10.4 27% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 68%

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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	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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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