Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.6% 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	105% 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 11:47
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 523 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 68.6 45% 53.8 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 45.9 37% 44.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14181 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 314 (B1) Unknown 96 96 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26759260832	105% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 406 Mixed 420 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 32.8 160% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 99.5 124% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: APGN Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 167505297446 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 186 Mixed 177 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.63 148% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 840GB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 132 132 51579650606 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 995 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979347491 (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	52.8% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 95.7 Mixed 76.6 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 728GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 143 9225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 615486 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 34 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 87.8 Mixed 80.3 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 371GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 149 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 8 8 67475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9503 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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 1544 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 84.6 Write 70.5 Mixed 73.4 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 51%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$10 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 4GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 119 Write 35.2 Mixed 50.5 72% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.49 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 1.48 159% 4.08 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 39%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 175 Write 90.4 Mixed 49.3 113% 105 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 3.57 522% 8.78 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 4.83 592% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 86%

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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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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 $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) $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