Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% 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	96.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 18:19
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 530 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76); Sapphire RX Vega 56 8Gb CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 92 Parallax 171 90% 125 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 111 Splatting 131 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14597 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 359 (B1) Unknown 96 96 70 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27667327587	96.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 408 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 31.7 127% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 94.1 122% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGN Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 141 141 25792938387 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979740707 (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 200 200 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 173 Write 140 Mixed 160 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.52 122% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 9733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 615528 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 32 (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	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.7 Mixed 78.6 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 67%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579454048 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1064 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1064 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979347489 (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 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 125 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.18 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 92%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 339GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 149 7316 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9600 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 67891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9547 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (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 1544 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42% Average	Read 72.1 Write 74 Mixed 73.6 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 86%

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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	842x
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 $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