Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	109% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 02:02
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 513 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 149 Parallax 154 120% 150 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: B359 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 246 288 338 329 331 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 271 Mixed 329 SusWrite 299 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.4 194% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 306 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 153%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 131 138 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 160 Mixed 216 SusWrite 140 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 50.5 206% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 49.3 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 113 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 87GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 73 76 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 81.9 Write 80.6 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 74.9 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 371GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 86 96 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.5 Mixed 91 SusWrite 88.7 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 85%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 409GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 80 83 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 63.7 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 81.5 93% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 302GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 64 65 64 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 92.4 Write 93.4 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 61.6 100% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

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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	241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16