Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 507 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 89% 111 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1195 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 203 (A9) Unknown 100 100 322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 78 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 40 171799609378 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 572 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20557 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9599 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9244 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 407 Write 197 Mixed 222 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 20.7 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 46.5 90% 183 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 99%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 31GB free Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 768 Write 666 Mixed 717 160% 717 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 41.8 153% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 140 178% 321 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 458GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 167802944 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76707245 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (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 68 60 605159456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 209738 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 34359738400 (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 -15268608730857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31228756721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 239574605343	72.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 105 Mixed 133 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 63%

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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	382x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	88x
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	28x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16