Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 07:41
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 706 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.1 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12502 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2113 (B1) Unknown 89 89 131 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38015787298	94.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 342 Mixed 351 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 27.1 138% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 83.5 118% 221 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9651 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1625 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 70 50 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8590107537	96.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 408 Mixed 420 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 26.8 153% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 109 94% 132 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 40GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5626 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 823 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6872967761	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 408 Mixed 423 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 51.1 187% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 126 138% 233 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 131%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 103GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 75.9 Write 84 Mixed 56.2 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 0.37 133% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 66%
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 13GB free, PID 1f03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 41.9 Mixed 40.4 53% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.4 59% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 21%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 141 Write 57.7 Mixed 63.9 96% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.79 113% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

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