Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	9.9 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	20150803
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 03:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 431 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 41.4 28% 35.8 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 35.2 26% 30.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 432 Mixed 291 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53 191% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 176 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 973GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 62 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 64.3 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 189GB free Firmware: SD81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 96 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 13.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 95.1 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	380x
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 $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	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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16