Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.7% 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	89% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 535 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4414 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1616 MHz, MLim: 1862 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 49.5 Parallax 44.4 42% 48.5 fps	MRender 42.7 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 40.6 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 96 96 16 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9895154465	89% Excellent	Read 494 Write 275 Mixed 278 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 30.2 144% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 64.9 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 813GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 896 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205674 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 109 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 365GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 179 168 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14515 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 147 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1018 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 515535 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 2979 (F1) Unknown 200 200 62906882290 (F2) Unknown 200 200 57882940636 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	54.7% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 98.9 Mixed 95.7 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 204GB free Firmware: 21.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 190 160 5466 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3988 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 35 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 35 (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	23% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 38.3 Mixed 36.8 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 36%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 198GB free Firmware: 30.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 33 (03) Spinup time 200 179 7000 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3182 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24335 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 34 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 84.9 Write 60 Mixed 79.3 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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