Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 12:47
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 470 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 106 98% 117 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 110 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$32 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 201 100 969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 188 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 240 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 221 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 219043332133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 48486 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3145 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3465	80.9% Excellent	Read 504 Write 359 Mixed 411 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 4.32 115% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 4.25 52% 113 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 352GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69419432 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 200558587 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 537919517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2622 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -70145405868805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22426292572 (F2) Unknown 100 253 610662535143	88.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 113 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.61 202% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	856x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	321x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Total price: $810

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