Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.9% 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 590 65% 515 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 79.6 66% 81.4 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 63.3 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1704 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 195 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5374066 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7471186 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 69 51 210454052895 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9374 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12983 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5083 (F4) Unknown 100 100 82 (F5) Unknown 100 100 114 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2765360	72.9% Very good	Read 453 Write 285 Mixed 304 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 10.6 96% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 10.2 70% 156 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 227931460 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1961 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21190816 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1696 (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 53 538705951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2144 (C2) HDA temperature 31 8 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 227931460 (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 -84958748078238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5532549919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7333008295	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 181 Mixed 149 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 72%

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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	841x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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