Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 585 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 15.8 12% 14.3 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 26.2 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6714 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1115 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 58 42 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11121614727	92.4% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 25.8 142% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 25 52% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 134%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 547GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87624280 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 30145257991 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 521535518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 37 87624280 (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 -49632642025801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2867990778 (F2) Unknown 100 253 946572765	39.5% Below average	Read 68 Write 69.4 Mixed 72.4 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 241GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213941399 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7197144 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521601055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 9 213941399 (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 43606802981085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 650407312 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1320618893	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 73.1 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 295GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 46.6 80% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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