Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% 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	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 17:26
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 562 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 57 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 53.2 46% 58.6 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 73.9 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 538 Mixed 551 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 46.6 176% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 126 143% 251 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 254%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6246 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1526 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46695 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 30 (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	79.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 148 Mixed 107 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75499 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 28 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 483GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 37.8 Mixed 18 38% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 106%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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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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 $46

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