Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	107% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 03:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 488 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49.1 Reflection 46.4 Parallax 41.8 40% 45.8 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5304 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1302 (B1) Unknown 96 96 75 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27931190780	107% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 410 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.2 160% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 105 139% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1270 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 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	77% Very good	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 94 83115500 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124185476 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2324 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098390 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 473 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 130726 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 37 83115500 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	26.8% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 43.9 Mixed 41.2 34% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 704GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 87.6 123% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 12.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

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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	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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 $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