Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.4% 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-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 18:11
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 474 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 104 64% 80.2 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 74.1 58% 69.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 185GB free Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1703951 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 677 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 292059414560 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 280 (EA) Unknown 100 100 316 (F1) Unknown 253 253 308 (F2) Unknown 253 253 49 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 479 Mixed 444 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26.4 140% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 13.1 93% 215 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th 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 1557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2570 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 33 287763988525 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5176026280 (F7) Unknown 100 100 161922824 (F8) Unknown 100 100 153918435	86.4% Excellent	Read 505 Write 384 Mixed 410 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 13.7 105% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 14.8 85% 195 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th 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 4826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 948 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044380707 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11653389752 (F7) Unknown 100 100 368450251 (F8) Unknown 100 100 397631357	78.3% Very good	Read 496 Write 321 Mixed 393 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 19.3 110% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 44.1 64% 112 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

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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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16