Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	19.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 07:16
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.8% Poor	Memory 37.7 1-Core 18.7 2-Core 39.5 21% 32 Pts	4-Core 65.9 8-Core 99.1 10% 82.5 Pts	64-Core 105 6% 105 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 24 47 8.1 47 9.3 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.3% Very poor	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 122 SusWrite 29.7 22% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 7.5 28% 9.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 6.2 DQ Mixed 0.3 24% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 302GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 36 57 68 61 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 52.5 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 53.9 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 619GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 51 68 71 52 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 84.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 58 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 493GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 35 59 77 64 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 91.5 Write 91.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 56.7 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GR1600D364L11S/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 0.5 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 3.4 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 213 19% 213 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16