Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$50 229,359 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 (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 446 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 78.3 68% 83.3 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 69.3 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 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 6610 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 255 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 194 (AE) Unknown 99 99 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 431 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 24840 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5203 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7320	134% Outstanding	Read 761 Write 658 Mixed 730 160% 716 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.4 169% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 176 154% 234 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 188%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 684GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 146 146 38677971442 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1140 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 206159347740 (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 200 200 0	64.4% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 88.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 26.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	856x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	160x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	321x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	102x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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