Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '16 at 06:20
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 683 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 105 Parallax 102 82% 103 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 74.6 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 808GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^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 100 100 147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A2) Unknown 100 100 604 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62	52.1% Above average	Read 347 Write 161 Mixed 194 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 9.24 78% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 38.5 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 107%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25001299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 113112258729717 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 829 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 48 62 51543670832 (C2) HDA temperature 48 62 51543670832 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25001299 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25001299 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25001299 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 55812 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24906 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24906 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12183	42.1% Average	Read 188 Write 108 Mixed 120 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 10.6 88% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 10.7 23% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 73 149343975 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361954251 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3117 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 30 1323675090993 (C2) HDA temperature 49 70 68719476785 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 45 120142465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.1% Average	Read 72 Write 74.8 Mixed 71.8 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 243GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110580232 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 56 206267795121 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 55 48 17937530925 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128550 (C2) HDA temperature 45 52 -140737488355283 (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 91280939949810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99403340734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44669831339	77.9% Very good	Read 152 Write 120 Mixed 74.6 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 114%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 217 195 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3440 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16822 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 42 (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	38.6% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 72.4 Mixed 69.7 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.15 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 49%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB1 2TB 59GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.1% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 33.8 Mixed 23.7 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.86 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 69%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	86x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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