Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 15:40
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 490 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 80.7 74% 87.2 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 71.7 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 185GB free Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 100 100 286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159740964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1168282265 (F7) Unknown 100 100 36542309 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15843884 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1936 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 467 Write 333 Mixed 338 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 25.4 119% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 43.5 90% 187 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 3193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1829 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 201864445986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6157893426 (F7) Unknown 100 100 195995787 (F8) Unknown 100 100 609304012	94.2% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 326 Mixed 387 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 28.2 150% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 45.6 83% 159 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 518GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 182 179 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15231 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 33 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.9% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 96.8 Mixed 96.7 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 0245, Verbatin Store N Go 32GB Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 5.96 Mixed 10.2 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.42 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 13% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 2x8GB 538 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 63%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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