Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 713 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce GTX 1080 TI ARMOR 11G OC CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 207 Parallax 200 158% 200 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 191 Splatting 135 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 1350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1132 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 59 (A4) Unknown 100 100 65426 (A5) Unknown 100 100 185 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (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 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 111671 (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 540036 (F2) Unknown 100 100 606517 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1046816	99% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 432 Mixed 469 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 32.2 149% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 73.4 82% 129 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 108%
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 way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387329445 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1944 (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 5440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1480 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3467 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197569478687 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 165 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.15 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 (90^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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