Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 11:16
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 484 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 70.7 67% 78.1 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 77.1 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11323 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1696 (B1) Unknown 92 92 93 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44477104691	89.6% Excellent	Read 508 Write 352 Mixed 351 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 24.9 140% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 56.9 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 22.4 54% 106 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3969162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 13426067769350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 74 73019293721 (C2) HDA temperature 25 74 73019293721 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3969162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3969162 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3969162 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2386 (EA) Unknown 0 0 923 (F1) Unknown 0 0 923 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1152	58.2% Above average	Read 424 Write 75.3 Mixed 124 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 16.3 113% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 25.9 37% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57725435 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 34406528828 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 31 57725435 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51646981739052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1971579774 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2459018265	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 76.8 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.55 124% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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) $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