Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.8% 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	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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 696 67% 552 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 69.9 43% 52.9 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 44.4 36% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6314 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 965 (B1) Unknown 95 95 161 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18289373045	80.9% Excellent	Read 489 Write 161 Mixed 259 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.2 134% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 73.6 106% 204 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 116%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108928744 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29002964 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1223 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 330 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 605552673 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1457 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 81604378657 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 110 Write 124 Mixed 122 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 208 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 499 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 561 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 131 Mixed 113 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 99%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 359GB free Firmware: SC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56056216 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9390638 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1329 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 81604378656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 87.2 Mixed 88.7 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 629GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171155704 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131299350 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 655949859 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16575 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 85899345955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132774618995299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9383732405 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39300197522	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 178 Mixed 142 125% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.68 202% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 25.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%

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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	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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