Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 657 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 75.5 71% 82.7 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 68.3 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -99780680218701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 51 68722819102 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 196488 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 196488 (F2) Unknown 100 100 237928 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30477	70% Very good	Read 492 Write 123 Mixed 199 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 21.9 126% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 41.4 55% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51965536 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62547126 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1022 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 555221023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37101 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 64424509471 (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 -25671019524473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34772001550 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42848528973	94.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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