Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 01:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 677 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5690 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 655 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14010845234	98.8% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 412 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 27.6 156% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 64.2 79% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 134%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 133 11958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 102 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 43 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.71 178% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 96%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3912 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 36 (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	74.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 122 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 565GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 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 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 94 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38687146479 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 28 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1619 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227634642982 (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 2	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 88.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 1,821 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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