Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% 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	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 428 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 63.8 59% 69.1 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.5 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 34474689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 78108275252005 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2223 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 52 64427917342 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 64427917342 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34474689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34474689 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34474689 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23406 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15769 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15769 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24312 (F4) Unknown 97 97 9896035	49% Average	Read 430 Write 122 Mixed 242 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 9.34 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 7.08 68% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 49.7 55% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 249GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 172 1733 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4476 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (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	79.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 121 Mixed 128 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 15.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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