Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 09:19
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 189 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 628 58% 483 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2883) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 61GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 280 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8126625 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11190	77.1% Very good	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 409 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 11 97% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 29.9 64% 129 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 28999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 180 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 525 (AE) Unknown 100 100 242 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20031813651732 (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 97 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 180	65.4% Good	Read 484 Write 259 Mixed 335 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 4.72 91% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 6 35% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 81GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 145390144 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4387446903 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 9262268456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 211014 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 -140737488355288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 64 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 64 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54481660141857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41937471111 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47715306264	78.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 154 Mixed 131 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	199x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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