Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36% 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)
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 16:57
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 421 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 52 35% 44.9 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 36.5 37% 46.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6584 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1408 (B1) Unknown 97 97 98 (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 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 428 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15134431050
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 983GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19780200 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4058138 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1321 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21988 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 30064771102 (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 -25765508804361 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8283181500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5901044252	81.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 172 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 114%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 221GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241761274 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12919678 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 499 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 26274889758 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25081 (C2) HDA temperature 30 58 -8589934562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 42 241761274 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124987843281493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3816338029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1653121964 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.2% Average	Read 84.7 Write 79.7 Mixed 80.9 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 56%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$36 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 46GB free Firmware: 02.03A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1256 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 82.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 78 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 59%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$49 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 38GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 211882110 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639762470 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 90 70 227610695 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 101 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 61 Mixed 58.7 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8G 1317 OCZ3X1600R2LV2G KHX1600C9D3/8G 1317 OCZ3X1600R2LV2G 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 23.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 76%

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Typical GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 901 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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