Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '16 at 12:45
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 493 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 104% 128 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 123 Splatting 99.3 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4726278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37048387896098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 31 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 36 98786607134 (C2) HDA temperature 30 36 98786607134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4726278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4726278 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4726278 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 189 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1376272	76.3% Very good	Read 497 Write 215 Mixed 298 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.2 121% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 54.1 78% 142 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%
Corsai Force 3 SSD 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12509840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 114589727472560 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 279 (B1) Unknown 0 0 26 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12509840 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12509840 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12509840 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39556 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32112 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32112 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16470	47.3% Average	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 97.8 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 14.2 93% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 2.02 45% 107 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%
Hitach HDS723020BLA642 2TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 659GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591594 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2174 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864380450 (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	62% Good	Read 100 Write 116 Mixed 83.1 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 20GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 18 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 72%

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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 $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