Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.7% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 592 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^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 4674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 215 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 51 210454708265 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37374279014 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1168386986 (F8) Unknown 100 100 781768246	92.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 359 Mixed 411 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 33.1 127% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 66.8 102% 195 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69384536 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 546758602 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 26 -48747290296287 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35257 (C2) HDA temperature 33 74 -140737488355295 (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 -26676041851085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94397786211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71418456905	98% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 153 Mixed 168 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 699GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94764216 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69159353 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2093 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 30 64571126841377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 678 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 152780 (C2) HDA temperature 33 70 -140737488355295 (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 127882651248163 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16031989752 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63862498422	90% Excellent	Read 177 Write 137 Mixed 143 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 352GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222209778 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 168023837565 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 66697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 7013 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 103080984624 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 37 9921963032611 (C2) HDA temperature 35 63 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 17 222209778 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 66 Mixed 62 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M4X1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M4X1600C9 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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