Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	96% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 01:03
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 690 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2530 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 117% 136 fps	Gravity 131 Splatting 105 103% 118 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 483GB free Firmware: SAFM01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (11) Unknown 100 100 124 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2048 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131086 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2126 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1511	100% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 511 Mixed 503 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 12.4 117% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 12.6 102% 236 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 448GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11697 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 64 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27315180953	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.9 162% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 28.3 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25666 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 204 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 343 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 343 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23161301654	96% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 353 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 25.5 139% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 69.2 114% 223 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18537 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 90 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3938763145	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 424 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.7 189% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 105 99% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 58% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $828

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