Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	94.1% 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 17:45
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 379 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1189 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 31.6 20% 26.7 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 24.8 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 100 100 838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1358 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30547 (A5) Unknown 100 100 114 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 61 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 108322 (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 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 289771 (F2) Unknown 100 100 405947 (F5) Unknown 100 100 488752	94.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 391 Mixed 372 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 36.5 137% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 78.1 84% 145 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 99%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 422GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1961 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7013 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (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	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 83 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 38%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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