Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '20 at 05:26
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 191 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 344 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.41 3% 5.67 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 7.43 4% 5.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 82% 106 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 97.4 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 443 Mixed 379 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 46.6 153% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 202 159% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 538GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 92 92 91 92 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 91.2 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 82%
Wd5003abyx-88 LEN 500GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 162GB free Firmware: WC33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 113 112 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 112 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 79%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 50GB free, PID 5580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 119 126 117 157 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 165 Write 73.5 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 130 118% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 8.4 712% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 11 814% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8W-TA2 2x8GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% 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%

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	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 $90Bench 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 $131	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 $45	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