Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 19:38
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 435 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.85 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.74 5% 6.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9236 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3466 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 411 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26217571758	90.9% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 346 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 24.4 135% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 68.8 98% 185 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 265GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 157 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4454 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4593 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.7% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 52.6 Mixed 60.6 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.47 111% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 24GB free Firmware: CC1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55695860 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 522591365 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7800 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 412323152437 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 463 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 33 55695860 (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 -60717952636945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1732082919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1543315560	54.1% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 92.9 Mixed 77.1 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%

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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	841x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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