Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% 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	71.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 01:08
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 436 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 58.7 36% 44.7 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 38 30% 35.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1666 (A5) Unknown 100 100 945005528606 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 42 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 43 184684838943 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622877058566 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2983 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16409 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10768 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9157 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 477 Write 111 Mixed 148 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 20.6 129% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 26 61% 129 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 101%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 248GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 82 1900545 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790513469 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 1 36 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 1168496794073 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 388104222 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11154 (C2) HDA temperature 200 122 214749347870 (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 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 93.7 Mixed 92.3 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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