Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	93.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 435 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 110327 (A5) Unknown 100 100 155 (A6) Unknown 100 100 54 (A7) Unknown 100 100 111 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 283 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 40205 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 498452 (F2) Unknown 100 100 776961 (F5) Unknown 100 100 882616	93.5% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 298 Mixed 379 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 35.4 139% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 68.3 106% 202 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 776GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233016672 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 635 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36635001 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (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 70 52 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17508 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 73014444062 (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 59004260718965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18660894341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 298076001460	83.2% Excellent	Read 122 Write 167 Mixed 125 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.57 183% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

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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	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 $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