Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.6% 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	84.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 07:05
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 198 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 278 36% 274 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 91% 110 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^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 8660 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1801 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 299 (AE) Unknown 100 100 159 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 201863921697 (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 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 46852240193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1477738072 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2690134537	84.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 329 Mixed 390 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 29.9 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 45.4 62% 110 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1562 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3099 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 99.7 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $38Bench 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 $178	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