Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	118% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 410 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 94.9 84% 105 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.7 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 492GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6029384 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 87 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1195 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 257699479584 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900263444 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1190 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1496 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1424 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1347 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76% Very good	Read 493 Write 339 Mixed 333 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 11.9 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 10.9 80% 191 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13965 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 72 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 80 80 632 (AE) Unknown 99 99 31 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 439 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 43 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 80944 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18767 (F2) Unknown 99 99 8799	118% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 518 Mixed 638 141% 635 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.1 175% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 144 92% 101 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 383GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152446816 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 838110140591 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 656015395 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 164718 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 47244640291 (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 131915625549300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 116197117384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135243517934	78.6% Very good	Read 150 Write 124 Mixed 127 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 99U5471-017.A00LF 99U5471-017.A00LF 16GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.3 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $36Bench 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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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