Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 14:59
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 591 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 1047 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 156 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 51 210454708272 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27702663610 (F7) Unknown 100 100 865982903 (F8) Unknown 100 100 544122892	73.4% Very good	Read 509 Write 357 Mixed 388 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 14.4 100% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 13.2 22% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16913712 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1989 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 546148953 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 58 26 -48747105091542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21646 (C2) HDA temperature 42 74 -140737488355286 (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 -128913443365610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94280377463 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69684506343	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 180 Mixed 171 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.32 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 610GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51860312 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60680149 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2017 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 59 30 64571244937257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 657 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132153 (C2) HDA temperature 41 70 -140737488355287 (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 68852620730897 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14877651332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58219669109	92.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 146 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 352GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108117305 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 168018964258 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 63069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6937 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 103080984624 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 37 9922081062953 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 68719476777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 17 108117305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.3% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 67.8 Mixed 63.8 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M4X1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M4X1600C9 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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