Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.5% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 02:23
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 99.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 585 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 13.7 8% 12.1 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 476756246744 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171798691875 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309239545928 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 244 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1011 (F1) Unknown 253 253 583 (F2) Unknown 253 253 519 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 487 Write 324 Mixed 280 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 5.27 78% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 4.56 39% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 456GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 114632806 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4610615 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (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 74 69 437452826 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 308 (C2) HDA temperature 26 11 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 114632806 (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 55916179226999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2235588684 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2226249526	95.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 152 Mixed 145 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 26 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 22 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 38.2 105% 38.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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