Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 12:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 680 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 79.8 73% 86.8 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 70.5 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 227 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23101 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 95 95 93 (B3) Unknown 68 68 227 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 68 68 227 (B7) Unknown 68 68 227 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38873408569	96.7% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.5 163% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 28.2 36% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 76 Mixed 71.5 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.47 222% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 690GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135238056 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65035297 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 555089949 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 237680 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 77309411357 (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 -122479582372664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17611978707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 198393830668	90.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 142 Mixed 142 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 525GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 72 72 28958 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28909 (C2) HDA temperature 114 79 33 (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	66.7% Good	Read 137 Write 95.6 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 88%

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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	379x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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