Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 674 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 58 49% 61.5 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 48.3 45% 56 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22683075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 73761768342531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 45 64427458591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 64427458591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22683075 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22683075 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22683075 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3053 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2396 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2396 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2473 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4849702	46.4% Average	Read 297 Write 94.1 Mixed 109 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 15.1 82% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.3 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.3 42% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%
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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37781544 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4213956 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5415 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 60129542177 (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 -32452772888269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4911543476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80750043141	94.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 152 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim 500GB 487 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 441GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 87.5 Mixed 81.9 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%

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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	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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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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