Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 06:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 716 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 88% 108 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 92 79% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 463GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1014 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 59 (A4) Unknown 100 100 56017 (A5) Unknown 100 100 175 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98653 (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 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 455691 (F2) Unknown 100 100 520488 (F5) Unknown 100 100 896272	108% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 431 Mixed 464 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.2 158% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 71.1 112% 213 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 447GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162810192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 9 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1867 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1265 (F9) Unknown 100 100 64014825	114% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 497 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 34.8 158% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 88.8 140% 266 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387460516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1362 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3349 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569478686 (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	96.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 180 Mixed 169 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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) $30	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