Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 229 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 617 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 92% 111 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 105 106 104 111 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 447 Write 110 Mixed 165 SusWrite 104 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 14.1 97% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 29.7 44% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%
PNY SSD2SC24G1SA754D117-457P 240GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 222GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 412 434 437 423 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 436 Mixed 345 SusWrite 412 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 39.9 164% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 210 179% 261 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 223GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 436 424 457 402 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 474 Mixed 328 SusWrite 418 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 40.1 162% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 283 232% 331 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

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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	360x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	201x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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

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