Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 03:47
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 662 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 849E) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 83.5 57% 72.9 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 48.8 53% 67.2 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21431 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 238 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13738841419	116% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 480 Mixed 510 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.2 165% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 164 175% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 229GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 39.7 Mixed 37.6 50% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.36 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%
FANTOM HD501LJ 500GB 194GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.4% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 39.1 Mixed 18 39% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.26 49% 0.67 MB/s

SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 132 Write 79.4 Mixed 96.6 123% 103 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 1.7 153% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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 $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 $45	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