Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	161% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 454 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 64.7 56% 69.2 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 58.3 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,288 Write 982 Mixed 1,041 245% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 21.9 160% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 23.2 36% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 105GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 8618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21780117853215 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 47 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7374478575285 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5066 (EA) Unknown 100 100 48273 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12467 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13544 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.2% Good	Read 493 Write 334 Mixed 276 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 2.29 72% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 6.23 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 86%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$179 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 5084848 (03) Spinup time 88 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61271421 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 37477884625775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 561 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 934 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 107374182431 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 5 5084848 (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 37666863186780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8747010252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12985098368
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 399 (03) Spinup time 198 181 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28299 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0118 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16