Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.9% 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	91.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 01:10
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 425 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 22.3 21% 22.4 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 17.6 18% 23 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 577GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25700 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 63 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30241279349	91.9% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 412 Mixed 425 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 27.8 145% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 27.7 33% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 104GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 101 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1509569164	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 406 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 43.6 177% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 121 137% 235 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10204936 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7095134 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61842 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136725988885088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4117193271 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85142225890	96.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 153 Mixed 154 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 527GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 91.7 Mixed 77.9 110% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%

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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