Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 17:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 695 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

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: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 80.1 70% 85.3 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 70.7 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 90 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799805979 (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 260963234 (F7) Unknown 100 100 8202429 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1943428 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1250 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.1% Good	Read 480 Write 322 Mixed 336 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 15.3 80% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 9.12 41% 86 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 95%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 276GB free Firmware: 8909 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 218175 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 57344000 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3019 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 13601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3282 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 90 28067611279379 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 49 403963927 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580619 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15204584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 46503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1468 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 454164480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5815 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 3728206135173 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	28.2% Poor	Read 46.4 Write 51.7 Mixed 54.2 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $295	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