Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.8% 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	83.4% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 19:09
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 656 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Lighting 32.4 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 39.3 26% 33.6 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 34.3 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25597 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 218 (B1) Unknown 95 95 57 (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 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64865833118	83.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 338 Mixed 345 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 23.2 137% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 23.2 29% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163897752 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6637877 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 689242151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8938 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 73014444071 (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 102035538054696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 792270140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124973766373	97% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 115 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.72 209% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 323GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1776 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10733 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 43 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 41 41 43789 (F1) Unknown 200 200 83960614063 (F2) Unknown 200 200 118257000669	41.4% Average	Read 83.8 Write 60.4 Mixed 76.6 56% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 62%
HP OfficeJet Pro 64GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 59GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.22% Terrible	Read 14.6 Write 11.3 Mixed 9.29 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.45 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.22% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 1315 CT51264BA1339.M16F 1315 CT51264BA1339.M16F 1315 CT51264BA1339.M16F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 50%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	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