Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 529 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1610 MHz, MLim: 1903 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 69.2 63% 74.8 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 66 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1608 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 22 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3735618 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3806	60.6% Good	Read 477 Write 300 Mixed 366 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 6.92 64% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 6.55 37% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1354 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 968 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (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	81.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 139 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 22 Write 3.47 Mixed 5.75 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 1.49 138% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Jet ski

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 $279	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) $30	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