Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.3% 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	108% 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-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 20:05
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 697 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 61.6 57% 67 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 55 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 780 Write 296 Mixed 417 109% 498 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 33.3 185% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 21 40% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 147%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1332 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1423 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3283110995	102% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 418 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30.3 165% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.8 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 28.1 63% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 965GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9680 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1667 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 71 269484048 (C2) HDA temperature 82 70 303038482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 283117 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.8% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 106 Mixed 109 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 794GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2326 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 65 19 10731 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3383 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3179 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3414 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3325576 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1303 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209150486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 34 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39379	68.9% Good	Read 105 Write 135 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

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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-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x

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 $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 $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