Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 13:53
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 534 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 53.6 36% 42.9 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 39.1 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 100 334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 76 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 201863462946 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12322 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7719 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6043	80% Very good	Read 490 Write 407 Mixed 446 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.98 107% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 5.09 44% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%
WD Gold 6TB (2016) -$183 2,043 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 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 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42982179320 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 74 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 416 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620133407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	121% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 206 Mixed 187 152% 203 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.47 4K Mixed 0.35 161% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 714GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2991 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137235 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 89.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 163GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 331980 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (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 200 200 2	46.7% Average	Read 81.7 Write 80.8 Mixed 93.3 65% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 129 184% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 182 Write 148 Mixed 33.6 137% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.27 32% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 77%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 430GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 75 Mixed 39.5 78% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.11 61% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 48%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 416GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 140 Write 149 Mixed 92.5 160% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.28 53% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 75%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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