Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.8% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 19:15
Run Duration	408 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 663 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 42.6 41% 47.3 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.8 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 36%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9262 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1314 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1602183235708 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 55 236224512042 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622923458054 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2969 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11484 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8376 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10071 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 450 Write 311 Mixed 260 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 19.7 118% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 12.2 69% 161 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 590GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24008 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 143 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Portable 1TB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 723GB free, PID 2332 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 36.6 Mixed 0.41 28% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.19 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%

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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-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 $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