Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 88.1%, 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	82.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 683 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 112 90% 113 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 100 7452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9197 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9249 (A9) Unknown 100 100 38 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9195 (AE) Unknown 100 100 402 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 261993005101 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 307 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1869070 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17421 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13112	82.9% Excellent	Read 499 Write 430 Mixed 462 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 5.69 120% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 5.55 26% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 571GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 41.5 Mixed 40.2 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 559GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 107 (03) Spinup time 115 115 51580633716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2130 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339610153 (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	59% Above average	Read 91 Write 115 Mixed 93.5 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%
NS-DCR30A2 32GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 23GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 129 Write 72.8 Mixed 89.9 116% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.89 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 1 106% 3.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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