Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '16 at 20:32
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 110 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 578 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 48 44% 54.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14211453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64141041599162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 48 60132687894 (C2) HDA temperature 22 48 60132687894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14211453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14211453 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14211453 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 73014444032 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1419 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3947 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3947 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3246 (F4) Unknown 100 100 655362	64.3% Good	Read 499 Write 283 Mixed 280 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 16.1 71% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 50.6 59% 104 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 65%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 51539607552 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 115965689883 (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	67.4% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 655GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32095152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45381523 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5178 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 21474836503 (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 28621662062063 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10212712061 (F2) Unknown 100 253 151331946562	90.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 148 Mixed 175 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 414GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2439 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504707604 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 96 Write 96.6 Mixed 92.4 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-893.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

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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	74x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16