Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 599 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 73.6 62% 77.3 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 65.1 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2498 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1086 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10441977716	118% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 403 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.5 195% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 119 139% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 845GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1235 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 159 Mixed 132 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 95.5 Write 99 Mixed 75.4 115% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 54%
Adata Classic C008 USB 2.0 16GB-$9 1,800 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 8.67 Mixed 12.6 18% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.04 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.34 43% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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