Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 21:07
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 675 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 124% 153 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 147 Splatting 118 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2807 (64) Unknown 100 100 5485760 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 372 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 83 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 240518758434 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 7036 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 13429 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12125 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10933 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14432 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 52789	98.6% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 634 Mixed 666 149% 669 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 16.5 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 12.6 20% 38 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 159%
Seagate 600 120GB-$106 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4675 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 38658375706 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9721 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5474 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 220412	76.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 280 Mixed 289 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 14.1 92% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 79.8 119% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 605GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 88 Mixed 84.3 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 25.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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