Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	21.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 408 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 347.9 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 22.7 20% 22.2 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 19 18% 23.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 484GB free Firmware: JA2OA590 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 170 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 18678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1194005364736 (BC) Unknown 100 100 545476706304 (BE) vendor-specific 71 43 438501405 (BF) G-sense error rate 74 74 6752 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5636182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 543710 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 95.7 Mixed 66.8 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 267GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 195714032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4376234284 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 181 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 34982461475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 202523 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (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 36979668428103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14066601227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24109784784	94.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 172 Mixed 123 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 643 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 104 Mixed 71.2 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 104%
Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 0ab1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	9.01% Terrible	Read 33.8 Write 6.32 Mixed 9.63 16% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 43% 3.76 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.01% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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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Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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