Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 659 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 78.7 68% 81.4 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 74 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 438 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12904366334 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 58 180388626473 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 360779874388 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 335 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1190 (F1) Unknown 253 253 859 (F2) Unknown 253 253 726 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 483 Write 120 Mixed 182 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 4.08 70% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 3.45 46% 110 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6531 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 145 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1142631808 (F2) Unknown 200 200 825102319	93.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.38 136% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

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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	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