Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 320 42% 313 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.8% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 30.7 21% 31.4 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 32.6 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS64GMTS400 64GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 146 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 112068 (A5) Unknown 100 100 196 (A6) Unknown 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 53 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 35 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3035 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61063 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58069 (F5) Unknown 100 100 112068	74.9% Very good	Read 505 Write 99.9 Mixed 168 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 31.1 140% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 45.2 60% 112 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 738GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140191744 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12031845 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 76 76 24666 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 9077784605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109966 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 72 745 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91968134707052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8726876346 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7228424559	99.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 163 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 76%

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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 $134	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