Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	99.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 259 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 697 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 106 96% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512S2C 512GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 295GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 1899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 107 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 847 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17433 (F2) Unknown 100 100 141411	110% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 478 Mixed 498 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 29.2 154% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 78.1 128% 247 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 486 Mixed 493 125% 565 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 21.8 131% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 21.2 28% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 215%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^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 56 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 705 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12748 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 705 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2584 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41344 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34248	106% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 421 Mixed 433 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 37.6 153% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 86.8 133% 252 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 147 147 34382873005 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1197 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3172 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227634118687 (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	99.8% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 168 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 199235355 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9654375 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 43 538116125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2834 (C2) HDA temperature 29 11 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 199235355 (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 58222576671882 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5510116198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3370919653	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 177 Mixed 159 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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