Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	87% 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	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 50.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 62% 117 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 363 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 89% 111 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 38210264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -119760868078815 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1978 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 618 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 75 73019359261 (C2) HDA temperature 29 75 73019359261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38210264 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38210264 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38210264 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8828 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7491 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7491 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14703	47.2% Average	Read 407 Write 130 Mixed 167 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 15.9 66% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 16.3 26% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 5GB free Firmware: AGYA0201 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2077 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 519 (A9) Unknown 100 100 575571099848 (AA) Unknown 100 100 103088324706 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38667747403 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 647 (C2) HDA temperature 74 63 158914904090 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.2% Average	Read 221 Write 161 Mixed 219 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 13.1 68% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 9.84 14% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 6.2 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.7 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 157 25% 157 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 70%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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