Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.7% 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	88.3% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1932 x 1086 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 10:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 537 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 4255) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.7% Poor	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 1.12 32% 14.8 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 34 13% 13.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 928 Write 218 Mixed 286 103% 477 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 17.4 103% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 43 69% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 772GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137749248 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84566289 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2018 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46444 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 34359738400 (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 41691247548755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68544926337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 97219806994	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 193 Mixed 186 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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