Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 746 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.3 83% 106 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 98.3 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6000 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 823 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19364709219
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4037003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -47296179857954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 169 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 64 73018638369 (C2) HDA temperature 33 64 73018638369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4037003 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4037003 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4037003 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9624 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4218 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4218 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5247	71.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 144 Mixed 202 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 18.1 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 39.3 55% 100 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13808 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2233 (B1) Unknown 95 95 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 19 (EB) Unknown 99 99 318 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7745449093	66.8% Good	Read 481 Write 131 Mixed 154 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 9.08 106% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 24.4 69% 154 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 454GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 8308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40380 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 36 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 72.3 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 103GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104048 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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	47.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 88.8 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 25.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $300	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