Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '16 at 17:16
Run Duration	639 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 400 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 63.6 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 57.7 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 166 (A9) Unknown 100 100 575 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 60 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 227634315300 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 512 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6189 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9759 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	61.4% Good	Read 367 Write 219 Mixed 282 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 14.8 106% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 15.3 26% 47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 104 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 27 (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	69.9% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.37 133% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Pop 16GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2GB free, PID 5577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 4.86 Mixed 6.12 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.38 133% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 12%
General USB Flash Disk 2GB 429 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.37% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 2.57 Mixed 4.74 8% 7.98 MB/s	4K Read 5.82 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.008 22% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.37% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,394 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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