Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	55.4% 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	48% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 18:18
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 34.8 2-Core 61.9 39% 56.7 Pts	4-Core 80.7 8-Core 111 12% 96 Pts	64-Core 120 8% 120 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 71.2 56% 70.7 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 59.4 55% 68 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcr 120GB-7 120GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 57GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4739718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 57329223478329 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1443 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 42 81607131171 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 81607131171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4739718 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4739718 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4739718 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 42949672960 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1397 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1842 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1842 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1910	69.5% Good	Read 492 Write 274 Mixed 348 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 11.6 90% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 53.6 71% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 67%
Kingston HyperX 3K 90GB-$110 444 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7067434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 70824010740260 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2395 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 76 81609359391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7067434 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7067434 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7067434 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 74 74 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 71932 (EA) Unknown 0 0 290620 (F1) Unknown 0 0 290620 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35980	48% Average	Read 463 Write 101 Mixed 168 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 10.2 74% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 7.89 17% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 78%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$40 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 264GB free Firmware: GK8OAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 119 119 21509374431 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3286 (C0) Power-off retract count 71 71 35023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 35023 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 240519348267 (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 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 67.6 Mixed 71.1 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.7 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 61%

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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 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16