Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 464 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 30.8 31% 34.3 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 32.5 28% 34 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY256MBF 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 100 100 899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1914 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 231929348138 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4410792759 (F7) Unknown 100 100 138718366 (F8) Unknown 100 100 114376448	74.7% Very good	Read 507 Write 383 Mixed 409 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 11.8 86% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 11.8 47% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 111%
Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00 100GB-$30 216 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 93GB free Firmware: MCZIC10H Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 361 (03) Spinup time 161 161 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 13740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3919 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4294901924 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 501529 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 240518627361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 85 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	24.9% Poor	Read 46.9 Write 39.5 Mixed 41.8 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 27%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 106GB free, PID a212, Jumpdrive P20 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44% Average	Read 202 Write 49.7 Mixed 112 131% 121 MB/s	4K Read 7.92 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.77 78% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $37
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 $45	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