Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	82% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 23:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 632 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.9 92% 108 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 400GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 162 Write 176 Mixed 588 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.4 148% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 25.5 36% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 144%
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 35GB free Firmware: SVN423c Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 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 2171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2555904 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 60131835908 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 72 72 120260526108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2564055552 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15011206144 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1536922163 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7982553239	74.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 151 Mixed 229 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 20.5 126% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 20.1 65% 144 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 84%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 99 99 4232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 788 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (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 65 43 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 179 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7849601097	82% Excellent	Read 489 Write 341 Mixed 327 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 22.9 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 19.1 27% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 170 1708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1070 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 953 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.8% Very good	Read 106 Write 141 Mixed 101 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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