Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 04:30
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 588 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 52.2 34% 41.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 2232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (64) Unknown 100 100 2780320 (65) Unknown 100 100 408160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 819 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1372 (B7) Unknown 98 98 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 100 244814118963 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5142 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2390 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4128 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7012 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59.9% Above average	Read 456 Write 249 Mixed 250 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 10.3 86% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 9.73 17% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 110GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 10064 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 21828124595 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032839 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 51 49 823787569 (C2) HDA temperature 49 51 51539607601 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 33 10064 (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 -16896401329666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2335863256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 211935937	55.6% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 102 Mixed 104 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.33 71% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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