Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% 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	115% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 00:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 436 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1669 MHz, MLim: 1915 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 17 16% 18.3 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 15.6 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1398 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 295 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5112183940	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 410 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.7 186% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 105 132% 236 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170828400 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 90466825972 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 656605223 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39697 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 73014444071 (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 -137129715814163 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56991889797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59331606368	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 194 Mixed 152 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Kingston DTR30G2 16GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 11GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 43.1 Write 20.5 Mixed 27.1 35% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $810

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 $179	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