Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	85.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$42 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 104 2-Core 184 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 265 34% 258 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 4.62 3% 4.52 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.83 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 49.2 31% 38.3 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 36.4 28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4521 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1677 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36668733016	85.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 339 Mixed 346 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 21.3 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 75.6 105% 196 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 454GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228184160 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3044658 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538312736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 33 228184160 (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 89481348646510 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1878327479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 254280742	64.4% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 97.6 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.79 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.4 Mixed 20.4 39% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 17.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $37Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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