Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 700 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 93% 115 fps	Gravity 105 Splatting 76.4 78% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 76GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1635 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 630 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441848 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 77 71 124555427863 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4935 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3695 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9275 (F4) Unknown 100 100 22 (F5) Unknown 100 100 56 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1517120	104% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 504 Mixed 507 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 13.9 141% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 13.8 85% 195 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9675869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -35605278873060 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1641 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 40 47247261719 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 47247261719 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9675869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9675869 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9675869 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 56473 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43737 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43737 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10242 (F4) Unknown 86 86 28705206	64.1% Good	Read 488 Write 111 Mixed 152 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 12.1 121% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 93.4 DQ Mixed 27.4 36% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%

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 (92^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $36Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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