Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	344 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 425 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 7266) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 17.5 10% 15.2 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 17.9 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 14%
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%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 717 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 200 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1572913 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8577	41.4% Average	Read 326 Write 90.6 Mixed 180 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 6.82 59% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 36.9 55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 94%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6894 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5335 (0A) Spinup retry count 179 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4359 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253404184610 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1343 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 561 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 92.6 Mixed 93 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.32 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 961GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71063 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 29 (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	61.6% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 87.8 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 84%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 497GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6174 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (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	56.2% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 101 Mixed 92.7 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 457GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52717088 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20726089 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 555024415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7625 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 73014444063 (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 74423193307295 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7795439050 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493346340419	62.4% Good	Read 94.1 Write 122 Mixed 94 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.67 196% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 429GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 180 174 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47108 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 30 (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	34% Below average	Read 108 Write 10.8 Mixed 41.1 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.17 34% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 244GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38044 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 65.7 Write 122 Mixed 99.9 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	15x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,529 samples	8x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $747

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 $40	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