Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 01:00
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 190 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 439 47% 374 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 355.82 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 62 Parallax 53.8 52% 59.9 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 50 46% 57.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7190 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2202 (B1) Unknown 98 98 86 (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 57 47 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22623504417	113% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 461 Mixed 502 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.4 162% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 151 161% 267 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 175 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5700 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 178845 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 129 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1TB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 22GB free Firmware: 0835 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 56 Write 67.5 Mixed 51.5 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 56%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 25.6 Write 5.27 Mixed 6.85 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 8% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 104%

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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 $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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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 $179	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