Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 680 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 76.8 65% 79.2 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 74.6 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%
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%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6619221 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 129 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 38 163210330144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103079215128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 165 (EA) Unknown 100 100 623 (F1) Unknown 253 253 448 (F2) Unknown 253 253 637 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 498 Write 257 Mixed 216 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 13.1 111% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 11.5 42% 86 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 248GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 146657656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1649 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 11800 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5118118781 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1646 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 538771486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 93588 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41021232674794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -84839142684457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133500172390782	90.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 154 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
WD easystore 25FA 2TB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 100 Write 96.5 Mixed 91.9 123% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 24.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

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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-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	347x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

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Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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