Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.1% 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	86.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 02:19
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 263 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 691 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 87.1 58% 72.7 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 76.5 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52956946760059 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 45 17182818343 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 72886 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72886 (F2) Unknown 100 100 88069 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7002	86.9% Excellent	Read 494 Write 256 Mixed 286 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 20.8 142% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 53.6 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1616 (A5) Unknown 100 100 503868 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 129 (AE) Unknown 100 100 381 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 184684052515 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 430 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 681 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8879977663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9196810750	38.8% Below average	Read 446 Write 146 Mixed 208 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 7.56 37% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 8.34 10% 17.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 47%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 675GB free Firmware: GL001U Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 2748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2051 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 16376 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5129 (0A) Spinup retry count 140 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 21311 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 42075 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257699086370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 16416 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2251 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 349 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.6% Average	Read 81.2 Write 81 Mixed 73.8 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201786896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40401107 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45004 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5235565136805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28996244908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28803355536	85.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 128 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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