Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.5% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 659 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.6 59% 68.1 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 55.7 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 240GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8779 (AA) Unknown 100 100 781 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262157 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 62 48 223339544614 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6954 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6954 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2021 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1852 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2266 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 13 (F6) Unknown 100 100 547136	89.1% Excellent	Read 509 Write 466 Mixed 497 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.9 113% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 13 60% 125 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 38999607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 108181636264734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 110 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 52 73017851940 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 73017851940 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38999607 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38999607 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38999607 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12386 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8705 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8705 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15285	81.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 240 Mixed 305 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 20.4 124% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 76.8 101% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 552GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 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 180 173 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1681 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5751 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 37 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 129 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 201GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5988 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91803 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 34 (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	58.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.4 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 76%

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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	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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Total price: $810

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