Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 663 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 3.5 3% 3.99 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 2.83 3% 4.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 256GB-$141 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^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 1463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 32 (A4) Unknown 100 100 51987 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 66 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 246411 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253339 (F5) Unknown 100 100 415896	95.6% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 298 Mixed 378 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.3 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 67 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 144 11375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (10) Unknown 1 199 28380240955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1415 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 152 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 100%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 738GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 156 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 64101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9004 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 48002 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 88.4 Write 79.8 Mixed 84.4 64% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 536GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13260 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 128 Write 99.6 Mixed 103 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.42 119% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%

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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 $130Bench 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: $699

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