Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	82.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 17:42
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 641 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 206 Parallax 184 146% 190 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 393GB free Firmware: PSF Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 667 Write 538 Mixed 598 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 54.3 215% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 200 211% 345 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 246%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18663 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 351 (B1) Unknown 92 92 444 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 2146 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 2146 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69342999752	82.2% Excellent	Read 515 Write 134 Mixed 188 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 32.1 146% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 110 110% 179 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 124%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 148 148 38683017674 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6063 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6063 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 206159609901 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 30.7 67% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 97%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 871GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 191 9125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42070 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.6% Good	Read 123 Write 102 Mixed 54.4 69% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.29 117% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 99%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 113GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 176 7675 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20887 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41% Average	Read 68.8 Write 73.7 Mixed 69.4 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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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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 $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