Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	230% 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-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 03:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 419 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 66.7 56% 68.1 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 53.3 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 975 Mixed 1,355 323% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 49.2 226% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 192 213% 363 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 230%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 7042 (03) Spinup time 126 116 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7151 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	53.5% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 95.1 Mixed 92 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 57%
Toshiba MK6465GSXN 640GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 595GB free Firmware: GH012H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th 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 2086 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 155 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1924 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3617 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150324903967 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 79 (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 8234 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 427 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 325 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 81.4 Write 83.8 Mixed 80.8 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 168GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 188 157 2849 (03) Spinup time 132 123 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20194 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17203 (C0) Power-off retract count 179 179 16297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136446 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	46.9% Average	Read 81.3 Write 82.4 Mixed 65 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 44% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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