Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.9% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	52.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 17:20
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 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)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 247 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 441 63% 464 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2269 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 72.9 67% 79.1 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 75 Splatting 77.2 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3806 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 771 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 87 (AE) Unknown 99 99 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 873 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 48 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 22288 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8110 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13406	118% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 641 Mixed 671 152% 683 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 24.5 153% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 23.8 41% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181360400 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1638945 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605487140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5088 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 64424509476 (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 -25262997634789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2259346469 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53465944592	104% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 168 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 48GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3721 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 41 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 41 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	21.1% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 36.7 Mixed 38.8 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	845x
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	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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