Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 714 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2114 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 76.3 68% 84.6 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 100 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M4-CT128M4SSD2 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 72GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3846 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2008 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 58 184682938394 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7947349762 (F7) Unknown 100 100 251185626 (F8) Unknown 100 100 342142020	42.9% Average	Read 261 Write 201 Mixed 228 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 12.5 64% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 13 14% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 100%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 42GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2337 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 644 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14980892330716 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 38 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	35.3% Below average	Read 341 Write 170 Mixed 230 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 7.83 4K Mixed 3.86 40% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 72%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9400922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -55078660590986 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3208 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2253 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 42952425503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9400922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9400922 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9400922 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22237 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20531 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20531 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17861	67.8% Good	Read 477 Write 215 Mixed 338 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 11.6 116% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 11 24% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 89%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th 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 10909 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 339 (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 94 94 2535 (0A) Spinup retry count 106 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 615 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 146029543446 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2442 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 166 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.28 181% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 50GB free Firmware: FG001A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 986 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12335 (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 14 14 34726 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 55239 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180388823064 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 13 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1033 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 332 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.1% Below average	Read 46.9 Write 61.3 Mixed 40.4 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.25 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 63%

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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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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