Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 10:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 559 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 115 Parallax 161 64% 118 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 112 Splatting 107 90% 111 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 356 409 427 424 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 472 Mixed 364 SusWrite 392 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 348 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 298 279 285 279 310 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 394 SusWrite 297 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 42.3 174% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 461GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 243 243 249 246 240 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 270 Write 202 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 239 142% 195 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.3 335% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 1201 AE34G1339U2 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1201 AE34G1339U2 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

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Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	121x
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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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