Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (74%). 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 02:41
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 84.8 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 643 59% 493 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 115 Parallax 44.7 68% 81 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 62 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC24G1SA754D117-457P 240GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5GB free Firmware: N0815B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 436 Mixed 338 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 34.8 136% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 211 179% 260 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 12GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 83 86 80 68 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 497 Write 111 Mixed 157 SusWrite 81.9 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 16.2 109% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 30.1 65% 138 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 368 Write 432 Mixed 303 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 36.4 148% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 279 227% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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%

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	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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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16