Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	164% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 673 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 34 Parallax 46 31% 39.3 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 38.3 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 29%
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
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 960 Write 951 Mixed 904 210% 938 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 40.7 169% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 143 168% 291 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 300GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 113 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 1 10385 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3006 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6729 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2382 (B5) Unknown 99 99 41189640 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 10438 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 236223922209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 422 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3308 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7327	57.7% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 105 Mixed 91.9 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 72%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 132GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 147 Mixed 159 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 184%
PI-239 USB 2.0 Drive 250GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 78GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 37.4 Mixed 34.4 47% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.33 48% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 24 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 86%

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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 $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