Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.9% 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	106% 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

8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '16 at 19:20
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 430 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.9% Poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 33 19% 28.4 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 36.3 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5122 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1133 (B1) Unknown 97 97 84 (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 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 318 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12070636119	106% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 456 Mixed 465 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.1 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 90 138% 261 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106904616 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3621427 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 588382243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17655 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 30064771107 (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 114009906875697 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6811483550 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4932533716	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 176 Mixed 152 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 426GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 180 171 10897 (03) Spinup time 164 155 13800 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2881 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62886 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 44 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 19 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 196 655	83.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.54 153% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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