Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '16 at 23:03
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 221 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 588 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.2 fps	Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.2 50% 55 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22376330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 38053410263828 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 418 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22376330 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22376330 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22376330 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15042 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15507	50.3% Above average	Read 180 Write 106 Mixed 107 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.1 113% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 30.4 43% 79 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 61%
Ssd2sc12 0GC1DH16T2-T 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 30GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14390886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -70987219467919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 60132687906 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14390886 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14390886 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14390886 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11701 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6235 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6235 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19856	68.6% Good	Read 497 Write 126 Mixed 199 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13 122% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 11.7 46% 102 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 271GB free Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 705293175102 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3195 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 36 941097016 (C2) HDA temperature 56 64 60129542200 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 48 109251738 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.7% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 128 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 271GB free Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 653430323157 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 42961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3191 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 37 907542581 (C2) HDA temperature 53 63 60129542197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 2595743 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 138 Mixed 119 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 44%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 95GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 84.1 Write 82.1 Mixed 65.2 98% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.12 51% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK - $206

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	45x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16