Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 16:47
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 686 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.4 83% 104 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 93 Splatting 84.4 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 549 Mixed 564 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 22.1 157% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.2 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 22.1 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 236%
2.5" SATA SSD 3ME4 256GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: L16C28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 0 0 (02) Throughput performance 0 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 0 0 0 (08) Seek timer performance 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 0 5267 (0A) Spinup retry count 0 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 253 0 380 (A3) Unknown 0 0 9 (A8) Unknown 0 0 0 (A9) Unknown 99 0 99 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 0 0 59 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 3517580312622 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 0 0 0 (F0) Head flying hours 0 0 0 (A5) Unknown 96 100 96 (A7) Unknown 0 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 144 (AB) Unknown 0 100 0 (AC) Unknown 0 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 0 (E5) Unknown 100 100 89586903891096 (E8) Unknown 0 0 0 (EB) Unknown 0 0 65536 (F1) Unknown 100 100 278559 (F2) Unknown 100 100 536848	64.8% Good	Read 363 Write 154 Mixed 216 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 24 117% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 34.6 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 202GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3421 (C2) HDA temperature 103 85 40 (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	57.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.1 Mixed 99.3 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 134GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1024 (C2) HDA temperature 104 86 39 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6	66.5% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 98.4 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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	157x

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 $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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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