Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	82.5% 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 (12%). 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-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 19:04
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 657 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 61.2 53% 65 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD6SP1M256G1002 256GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231202 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5547 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1907 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 201 (A9) Unknown 100 100 293 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 88 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 68 292059217969 (D4) Unknown 100 100 21 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 605 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23188 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9698 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15457 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 386 Write 404 Mixed 299 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 17.8 110% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 15.2 71% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 98%
MB2000GCVBR 2TB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 196GB free Firmware: HPG1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 211 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 22 (BE) vendor-specific 55 42 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1721 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 45 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.8% Good	Read 98.4 Write 141 Mixed 89 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.51 149% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 90%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 128 8516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1834 (C2) HDA temperature 100 89 52 (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	64.2% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 96.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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