Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	150% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 15:15
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 636 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 38.6 28% 35.3 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 36.2 Splatting 35.9 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 708 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 101 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1239546054	92.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 24.8 134% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 24.3 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 134%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5011 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1255 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 149 (AE) Unknown 99 99 101 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 883 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 38144 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11437 (F2) Unknown 99 99 16412	150% Outstanding	Read 1,388 Write 794 Mixed 930 229% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 24.8 146% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 26.6 35% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 220%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (10) Unknown 6 194 108965355860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1614 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 148 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 622 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	113% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 221 Mixed 174 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.39 138% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 598GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3038 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 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% Good	Read 139 Write 105 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $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