Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 422 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 80.7 55% 69.6 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 54.9 Splatting 78.3 54% 64.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 670GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 2608 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1338 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 145 Mixed 138 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 225GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 91 53030811 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148482834 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2986 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 465 (BC) Unknown 100 97 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 51 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46105 (C2) HDA temperature 21 49 4294967317 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 40 53030811 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.6% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 64.3 Mixed 63.3 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 4GB-$15 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	2.93% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 3.27 Mixed 5.73 7% 6.71 MB/s	4K Read 2.47 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 10% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 72%

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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	848x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16