Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 664 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 105 98% 117 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512S2C 512GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 315GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 100 100 192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 107 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 310 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9503 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23450	113% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 494 Mixed 499 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.4 174% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 27.8 67% 131 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 294 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 24353 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1219 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38939	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 464 Mixed 475 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 34.3 148% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 98.5 141% 262 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 55 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1567 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 578 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11372 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2584 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41346 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34229	99% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 423 Mixed 443 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 37.3 150% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 89 96% 150 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (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 2683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1249 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 227634249769 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 164 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 47035107 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8980554 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 655949862 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2065 (C2) HDA temperature 38 13 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 47035107 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86092619454100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5189248802 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3039325965	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 150 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 25.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $40
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