Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% 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	91.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 608 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 40.6 38% 44.5 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9626 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 55 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 426 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12595272705	91.1% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 323 Mixed 413 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.9 147% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 24.4 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198720776 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7899176 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1285 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77953 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78688095833572 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10135021290 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42818847439	104% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 171 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 475GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 84.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 63.1 98% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $15	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