Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.3% 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	89.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 15:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 599 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.3% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 52.7 35% 48.6 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 36.1 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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 100 100 231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24373 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 59734 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 111909 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300108 (F5) Unknown 100 100 194984	89.8% Excellent	Read 524 Write 361 Mixed 426 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23.2 133% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 22.3 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 18108229 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3408172 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (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 54 487522333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1241 (C2) HDA temperature 29 11 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 18108229 (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 25520695673591 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1366788363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1516521520	67.4% Good	Read 161 Write 74.2 Mixed 68.5 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 0215 CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 0215 VS2GB1333D3 0215 VS2GB1333D3 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	200x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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