Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 698 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 65.1 55% 66.1 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 53.4 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 206159675432 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20451081511 (F7) Unknown 100 100 639319951 (F8) Unknown 100 100 221932935	71.9% Very good	Read 504 Write 396 Mixed 379 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 11 90% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 13.9 19% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 105%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12348552 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 131511898614001 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 255 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 73017393191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12348552 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12348552 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12348552 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1914 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2391 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2391 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3788	69.9% Good	Read 479 Write 249 Mixed 321 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 13.9 103% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 13 46% 94 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 309GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1791 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 170329 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 81.6 Mixed 79.5 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.13 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 278GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1791 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 125803 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 30 (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	56.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 92 Mixed 96.6 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	845x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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