Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	90.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 21:43
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 282 38% 285 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.4 82% 101 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 95.9 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12499 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1706 (B1) Unknown 83 83 196 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 415 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58357918205	90.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 344 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 24.8 138% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 58.6 80% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 303GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8108 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2591 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7508 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 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 1	68.4% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 510GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 230 1158 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4090 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4622 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 83.9 Mixed 83.7 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.63% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 7.04 Mixed 9.56 14% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.33 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.63% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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