Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 715 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 195 Parallax 174 134% 178 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 174 Splatting 125 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 430GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 0 0 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 52 206158430246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3232548668 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51978507 (F8) Unknown 100 100 112571797	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 386 Mixed 418 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 42.2 152% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 84.3 109% 197 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 307GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60172403281 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1864 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 65 279173988380 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1395882983749 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9824 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12160 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10612 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6443 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 489 Write 215 Mixed 252 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 9.63 69% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 44 DQ Mixed 8.35 14% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 214GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6074 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1168 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18276005682	101% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 404 Mixed 422 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 33.8 150% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 110 120% 203 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6514 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1363 (B1) Unknown 95 95 89 (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 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33002483663
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1830 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 495 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389675040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1716 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 634 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.3 184% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 656GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 169 Write 169 Mixed 152 209% 163 MB/s	4K Read 4.55 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 81%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	157x

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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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