Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '16 at 12:42
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 408 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 73%

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. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 6.31 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.59 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 7.96 5% 6.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 3%
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22C1) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 78.9 53% 67.9 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 75.7 52% 61.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C2) HDA temperature 71 65 150325035037 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 476 Mixed 504 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 45.9 146% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 199 176% 264 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L 1.5TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 762GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176641984 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4329349378 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1526 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2196 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 12 176641984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 3352 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132310762514062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1361777013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 276416198	53.1% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 85.9 Mixed 86.7 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 203GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14668 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4196 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1704 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14675 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 195 185 381	39.7% Below average	Read 75.9 Write 62 Mixed 66.3 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 704GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 78.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 46.3 86% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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