Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 688 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 90% 110 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.7 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 190GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4992834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -93887985073893 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2427 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 2 (AE) Unknown 0 0 265 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 68 1009321771035 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4992834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4992834 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4992834 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20546 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19770 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19770 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21770	84.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 232 Mixed 289 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 19.3 135% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 58.8 96% 186 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 172GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6469 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1083 (B1) Unknown 97 97 124 (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 68 29 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28477843950	119% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 502 Mixed 514 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.6 170% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 25.5 107% 238 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 121GB free Firmware: X355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 889 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68752441783 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 39 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 409 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 47 201864183832 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1485 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 313567085070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14215 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18557 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14092 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9469 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 325 Write 159 Mixed 148 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 10.4 89% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 17.8 21% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 107%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7001Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 722 Write 544 Mixed 569 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 33.2 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.4 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 32 68% 131 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 71GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th 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 2514 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1416 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 49 219044053017 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17539066935 (F7) Unknown 100 100 548653111 (F8) Unknown 100 100 505794087	97.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 463 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 25 137% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 37.4 70% 129 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 481GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8620 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4670 (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 93 93 32911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4538 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 44 336199700 (C2) HDA temperature 79 35 81974132757 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 162983 (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 99 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.1% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 92.3 Mixed 96.3 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK - $206

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $699

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