Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 11:56
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (88^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 580 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 190 Parallax 191 117% 175 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 170 Splatting 127 113% 139 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 269 282 282 280 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 475 Mixed 394 SusWrite 277 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.6 191% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 48.7 40% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 133%
Lacie RAID VD 0 30TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 17TB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 535 635 656 658 652 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	115% Outstanding	Read 756 Write 530 Mixed 559 SusWrite 610 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 35.5 152% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 55.3 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 42.3 34% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 170%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 146 147 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 139 Mixed 93 SusWrite 143 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 98%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 141 145 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 142 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	15x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,529 samples	8x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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