Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 664 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 56 38% 48.3 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 39.7 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5688 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 342 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12946501289	99.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 391 Mixed 412 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 46.2 131% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 120 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1604 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 203744 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.3% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 88.4 Mixed 94 69% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 92%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 418GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 144 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3493 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1581 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4011 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.3% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 84 Mixed 80.1 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 44%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 201GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 61.6 Mixed 63 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 187GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215565098 (03) Spinup time 100 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 295385128 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1917 (B4) Unknown 100 100 420155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885557266 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 9127985184 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 19 215565098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.2% Average	Read 79.9 Write 77.5 Mixed 80.1 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 132 Write 112 Mixed 97.7 142% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 61% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1234 4TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 122 Write 62.8 Mixed 83 105% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 80%

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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	846x
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	318x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16