Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.8% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 18:16
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 186 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 371 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 227B) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 31 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 31.2 22% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2369 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 677 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1470909324	92.4% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 506 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 26.8 116% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 130%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12208 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3040 (B1) Unknown 88 88 116 (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 62 32 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1622884150	53.2% Above average	Read 439 Write 98.8 Mixed 131 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 10.5 69% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 9.11 62% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17330520 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164135806 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 343 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 672792612 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3115 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 68719476772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	116% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 192 Mixed 81.2 119% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.42 132% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3148 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11638 (C2) HDA temperature 111 88 36 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 96 Write 183 Mixed 159 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.37 159% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170409400 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155095033 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 191 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 672727077 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3103 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 64424509477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 197 Write 82.7 Mixed 159 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.82 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 148% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 4x4GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $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