Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 16:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	33%

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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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 559 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 93% 114 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LDLC 512GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: KFS1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 100 100 169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7102 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 52314 (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 64919 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47249 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113632	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 405 Mixed 452 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.3 152% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 71 101% 186 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 440GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 168 4600 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60648 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 61.2 Write 119 Mixed 107 73% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 440GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7168 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53833 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 72.2 Write 121 Mixed 103 75% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 216GB free Firmware: 4.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 359720236 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1246 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 873398300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 53 215059613 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	52% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 90.9 Mixed 90.1 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.43 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%

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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-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	40x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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