Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 18:31
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 424 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3004) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 32 Parallax 60.3 39% 46.8 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 47 Splatting 39.9 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9236 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3457 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 405 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26203260942	92.1% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 349 Mixed 341 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 24.8 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 68.3 100% 190 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 265GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 157 6791 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4448 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 770 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4587 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 27 (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	31.9% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 52.2 Mixed 61.1 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 24GB free Firmware: CC1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52885205 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9038 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 522587564 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7794 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 412323152437 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 463 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 571801630 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 33 52885205 (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 2963527460847 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1863174689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1642677327	55.3% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 97.1 Mixed 90.2 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 17.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $261	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