Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 95% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 07:13
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	95%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 502 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 120 Parallax 97.6 83% 106 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 108 84% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3979362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -65343632433400 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2356 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 101 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 76 73019424798 (C2) HDA temperature 30 76 73019424798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3979362 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3979362 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3979362 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9575 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3431 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3431 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8722	56.7% Above average	Read 440 Write 71.9 Mixed 124 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 13.8 108% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 31.1 39% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6026 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1944 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 158 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197568495649 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16236516697 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20972407 (F8) Unknown 100 100 734144386	76% Very good	Read 496 Write 137 Mixed 134 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.8 133% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 40.8 67% 133 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 77%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 157 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2031 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42395 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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	59.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 5.82 51% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 199GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2915 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 35 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 102 Mixed 16.6 52% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2918 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (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	66.5% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 69.8 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BCF0-DJ-F Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	319x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16