Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% 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	87.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$52 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 (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 420 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 60.9 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.9 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 16527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2953 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 270 (AE) Unknown 100 100 240 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 214747709468 (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 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 49874886516 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1576926999 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2691256930	87.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 272 Mixed 352 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 28.7 128% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 51.9 101% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 228GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 768 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83863493 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1754 (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 54 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 26 768 (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 -32787780325633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1492322605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1218868593	61% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 97.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.75 129% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 88%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 217GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8599 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 28 (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 84 84 12072 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10545769685 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18148146267	70.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.45 113% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 930GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 82.1 Write 85.5 Mixed 58.5 95% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 41%

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 (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

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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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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