Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% 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	84.8% 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 20:58
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 338 49% 358 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 60.8 56% 66.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 12107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2239 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 196 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 51 214747709466 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36448735054 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1153846468 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1949287990	84.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 269 Mixed 348 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 25.9 122% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 52.1 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 232GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5091 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5007 (C2) HDA temperature 121 91 22 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9457 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10102471173 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17386340741	67.7% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 117GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 2768 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72712826 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1084 (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 75 54 454033433 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 27 2768 (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 -138731738619947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2455304125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 935639826	51.9% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 88.3 Mixed 86.3 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.72 125% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 919GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 79.2 Write 79.6 Mixed 67.2 96% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 41%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 18.6 Mixed 18.9 29% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 1.33 116% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 38%
SanDisk U3 Titanium 4GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 5408 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.7% Terrible	Read 30 Write 11 Mixed 17.5 22% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.93 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 31% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.7% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 0420 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	847x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16