Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.9% 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	94.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 10:13
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 514 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 76.2 48% 68.7 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 57 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 321 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2206905158	94.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 396 Mixed 418 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 40.7 111% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 129 152% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203010520 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5052815 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 60 487653405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2015 (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 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68569152880262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3450285244 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41982650682	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 179 Mixed 128 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.85 223% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 131 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6458 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 104 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.22 109% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93422888 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79747459 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1937 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 623274754078 (C2) HDA temperature 30 58 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 17 93422888 (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 4964982208811 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3219531670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3428099973	49.8% Average	Read 87.7 Write 85.7 Mixed 81.7 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.62 128% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 70%
WDC WD50 00BEVT-22A0RT0 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 296GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 32 Mixed 16.6 34% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.27 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 17%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 21.6 Mixed 26.6 34% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 1.33 147% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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 $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