Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 13:54
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 660 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 149 Parallax 130 116% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22372 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1798 (B1) Unknown 95 95 98 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 93267209203
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 215GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 9 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29458 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4788 (B1) Unknown 72 72 1003 (B3) Unknown 99 99 9 (B5) Unknown 99 99 9 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3454 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44342386077	72.7% Very good	Read 324 Write 416 Mixed 428 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 23.3 100% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 51 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 32.9 41% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 110%
Apple TS128C 121GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 215GB free Firmware: CJAA0201 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7907 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 704469665066 (AA) Unknown 100 100 111685664850 (AB) Unknown 100 100 164 (AD) Unknown 183 183 4328456494 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 68 39 261994250272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 279 Write 330 Mixed 422 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 21.6 102% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 87.6 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 31.7 47% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 812GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189882368 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 154687800310 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5335 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 555221024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3623 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 216537 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 42949672992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84267258337470 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37943015443 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77338236402	72.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 127 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 113%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 20TB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 18TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 42.4 Write 35 Mixed 35.5 47% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.57 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.53 63% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 141%
Generic Card-Reader 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 0222 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	9.93% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 13 Mixed 9.11 15% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.99 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 1.12 98% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.93% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $275	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