Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% 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	102% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 12:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 490 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 61.2 40% 47.8 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 41.1 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1167 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21251 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 54887 (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 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 92356 (F2) Unknown 100 100 87171 (F5) Unknown 100 100 170008	102% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 345 Mixed 413 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38 154% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 71.3 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 118GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 687 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 684 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5143 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7636 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5496	104% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 361 Mixed 427 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.3 156% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 71.4 116% 221 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2628 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1467 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 857 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B5) Unknown 100 100 462028 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 206158954517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46086 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206158954517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 40	61.9% Good	Read 102 Write 114 Mixed 120 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-894.A00LF 2x8GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	41x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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