Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	85.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 21:52
Run Duration	433 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 568 68% 523 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.1 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 100 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210454904860 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1650062088 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51653116 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4744684 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1942 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 468 Write 299 Mixed 290 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.9 125% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 39.5 89% 188 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 46GB free Firmware: 505A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3597308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 24257975297531 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2442 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 76 68724457498 (C2) HDA temperature 26 76 68724457498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3597308 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3597308 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3597308 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3482 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3482 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8851	56.7% Above average	Read 447 Write 75.9 Mixed 125 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 17.1 106% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 31.1 36% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 157 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52417 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 88.6 Mixed 95.1 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 692GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2374 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3254 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 127 Write 180 Mixed 129 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.33 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 261GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 143 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3327 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2123 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3258 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 32 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 104 Mixed 106 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 69%
SABRENT 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 35GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 139 Mixed 56.1 150% 134 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 11.9 3,165% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 14.6 3,262% 38.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 272%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS PRO 8GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 0153 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Read 39 Write 3.76 Mixed 7.16 14% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BCF0-DJ-F Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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Desktop 84%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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