Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 01:55
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 406 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.7 83% 103 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 97.7 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 256GB 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 253 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458752 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 52 48 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	92.8% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 434 Mixed 381 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 24.1 130% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 47.7 93% 190 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29354 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 194 (B1) Unknown 79 79 248 (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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42422602169	67.8% Good	Read 496 Write 131 Mixed 170 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 9.97 107% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 28.3 72% 159 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 175 175 51558482460 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 103 103 253404577850 (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 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 103 Mixed 94.9 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128323576 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113439540 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 181 (BE) vendor-specific 49 41 1207743676467 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1260 (C2) HDA temperature 51 59 73014444083 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 112 Mixed 86.7 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.11 28% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0423 Team-Elite-1333 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.1% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 40%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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