Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 11:56
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 650 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 3 Parallax 7.4 3% 4.8 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 36 33 35 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33% Below average	Read 174 Write 38.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 33.8 18% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 11.9 60% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 21 45% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 113GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 440 431 425 448 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 448 Mixed 352 SusWrite 437 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.9 173% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 348 266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 82GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 79 Write 78.2 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 75.9 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 118 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 109%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 25GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 13 16 17 15 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 21 Mixed 37 SusWrite 15.4 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 38% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 78%

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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	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16