Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 11:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 506 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1690 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 83 Parallax 73 66% 79 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 66.2 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 130 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 291 SusWrite 156 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 56.1 207% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 170 179% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 259 258 237 259 259 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 428 SusWrite 278 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 58.6 209% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 226 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%

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 @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16