Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.1% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 21:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 273 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 758 81% 647 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 75 Parallax 66.7 60% 71.6 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 59.4 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-G512M6e 512GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 100 100 130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1223 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18306	68.2% Good	Read 366 Write 359 Mixed 366 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 17.1 100% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 14.5 22% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 118%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 57GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3801010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 58969900985436 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1537 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 132 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 42 81607131172 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 81607131172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3801010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3801010 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3801010 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 42949672960 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1456 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1847 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1847 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1915	70.9% Very good	Read 471 Write 263 Mixed 354 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 10.3 111% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 52.8 58% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 282GB free Firmware: GK8OAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 113 113 42984342031 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3373 (C0) Power-off retract count 71 71 35243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 35243 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519348262 (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	44.1% Average	Read 77.1 Write 76.6 Mixed 83.3 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.1% 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% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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