Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 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	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 06:54
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$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)	78.8% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 204 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 380 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22C1) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 78.2 54% 68.1 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 75.1 52% 62.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 52%
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)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 3.63 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 5.97 3% 5.32 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.26 5% 6.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 3492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C2) HDA temperature 67 59 176094838817 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 475 Mixed 491 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.4 162% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 187 170% 260 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L 1.5TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 634GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227543368 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2512 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1216 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4336313952 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1838 (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 67 49 571801633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2667 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 12 227543368 (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 118678536330621 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92013943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2127872618	54.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 89 Mixed 81.9 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.16 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.1% 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 (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 21 (03) Spinup time 173 172 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4475 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1741 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15318 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 162 162 2575	36.7% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 73.6 Mixed 62.1 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 529GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 25.6 Mixed 26.3 34% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% 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 (90^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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