Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 05:11
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 502 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29796 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1757 (B1) Unknown 90 90 360 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54450454406	71.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 330 Mixed 416 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 16 96% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 15.6 25% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 51GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 490 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 188979675170 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2902 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2375 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4355 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 405 Mixed 323 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.4 126% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 17.9 80% 181 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9304 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9195 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31077 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1992 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389609506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 24 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9267	73.1% Very good	Read 102 Write 152 Mixed 112 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.59 131% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 104 Write 95.8 Mixed 102 129% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.5 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 77%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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