Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 05:51
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 722 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2377 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 91% 115 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 102 Splatting 111 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 174 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 51 210454642715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4996420813 (F7) Unknown 100 100 159075559 (F8) Unknown 100 100 70240964 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1942 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 470 Write 214 Mixed 226 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 23.7 106% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 34.9 75% 158 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free Firmware: 505A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3487246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 111944027614859 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2539 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 134 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 76 68724457498 (C2) HDA temperature 26 76 68724457498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3487246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3487246 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3487246 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10139 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3529 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3529 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8897	56.3% Above average	Read 439 Write 75.5 Mixed 115 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 13.9 105% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.8 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 29.4 38% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 181 5283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2625 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 139 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 157 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56941 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (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	56.8% Above average	Read 99 Write 98.8 Mixed 95 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.14 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 436GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4797 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2469 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4712 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 177 Mixed 158 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 261GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4246 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2210 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4152 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 31 (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	63.9% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 28GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 120689203 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 897606595 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 97 72 179605138 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.2% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 56.2 Mixed 35 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 42%
SABRENT 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 21GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 139 Mixed 51.5 144% 128 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 15 3,144% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 15 3,260% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 272%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BCF0-DJ-F Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 51%

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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	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 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 $38Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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