Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.5% 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	64.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 15:12
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 446 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.5% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.5 52% 64.1 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 54.1 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 203399101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 106343390259131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 48 60132687900 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60132687900 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 203399101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 203399101 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 203399101 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13202 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3896 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3896 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5880 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7864437	64.2% Good	Read 487 Write 184 Mixed 242 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 9.99 90% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 8.71 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 157513538 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2276745 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 83472689398649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 605421597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2512 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 157513538 (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 89554363089266 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4826866099 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92630692	61.1% Good	Read 125 Write 85.4 Mixed 63 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 5.11 4K Mixed 0.45 310% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 41GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9390 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1201 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 454230040 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 521273370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 625408 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.6% Average	Read 85.9 Write 83.5 Mixed 61.6 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 35GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 879 (03) Spinup time 125 119 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8048 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 675001 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1463 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 192 192 1425 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 184 182 3203	30% Poor	Read 54.4 Write 49.9 Mixed 51.1 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-439.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	849x
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	318x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
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

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16