Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.4% 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	103% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 00:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 693 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 62.1 58% 68.2 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 69.2 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 465GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,299 Write 989 Mixed 1,096 251% 1,128 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.7 177% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 173 140% 186 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 254%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 132GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8594335665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -77197742178245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 49 60132753435 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 60132753435 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 8594335665 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 99 99 8594335665 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 99 8594335665 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 142 (EA) Unknown 0 0 100 (F1) Unknown 0 0 100 (F2) Unknown 0 0 91	75.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 245 Mixed 332 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 11.1 113% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 11 61% 137 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 525 Mixed 566 132% 594 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.1 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 18.9 27% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 68 185493214 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7158424 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -57093000265514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 64 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 760 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 42949672980 (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 128574140974286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1202868787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 692088174 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 121 Write 90.6 Mixed 78.1 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.81 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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 $46

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