Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% 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	98% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '16 at 13:01
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 530 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8843 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1232 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 99 432 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18649236953	98% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 350 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 23.6 148% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 23.4 93% 210 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 96GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -59545426585316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1623 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 416 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4305 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3851 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3851 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8123	47.5% Average	Read 192 Write 107 Mixed 122 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 11.8 107% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 31.4 34% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 516GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 152 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 143 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.23 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 179GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5190 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3164 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 403701784 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 437256218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 316157 (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 1 1 196894 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.6% Average	Read 65.6 Write 78.9 Mixed 69.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 59%
SAMSUNG HM641JI 640GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 168GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 43.1 Mixed 35.9 51% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.24 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	848x
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	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16