Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 15:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 661 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 197 Parallax 177 144% 183 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 174 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 243GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 1,056 Mixed 1,083 262% 1,181 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.2 209% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 148 170% 297 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 254%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 111GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -53403623353679 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2231 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 263 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 28 42 77312163868 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 150903 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 150903 (F2) Unknown 100 100 182187 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15821	75.4% Very good	Read 456 Write 184 Mixed 265 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 18.4 123% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 41.6 83% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1178 (AA) Unknown 88 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 73016803356 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 155232 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 88 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 155232 (F2) Unknown 100 100 202329 (F9) Unknown 100 100 32952	74.5% Very good	Read 466 Write 188 Mixed 244 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 22.1 123% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 45.5 73% 139 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 579GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 183 3508 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 727 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 29 (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	88.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 160 Mixed 161 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.47 154% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

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 (83^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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