Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	96.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 13:21
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 697 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.8 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 134GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,497 Write 888 Mixed 1,141 260% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 24.3 181% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 230 141% 149 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30944 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 234 (B1) Unknown 94 94 202 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26780331775	96.1% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 383 Mixed 425 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 23.7 131% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 20.2 97% 221 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 116%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47082464 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11030110 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770196998 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 78 53 26442072086 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57934 (C2) HDA temperature 22 47 -140737488355306 (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 29476360558593 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7020903687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6832597315	91.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 151 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 172GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 524297 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 124 (03) Spinup time 126 126 47280947754 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8383 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 206159544343 (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	34.4% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 60 Mixed 44.1 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 66%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 906GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 80.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 75.4 102% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.52 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16