Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	340% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 07:47
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 666 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 9580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 87.8 57% 76.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 59.3 54% 67.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1864 1957 1958 1965 1970 1971 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 2,157 Mixed 1,367 SusWrite 1,947 446% 1,989 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 78.9 273% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 991 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 907 657% 858 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 99GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 465 435 435 432 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 356 SusWrite 446 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.8 174% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 174 177% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 419GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 237 235 238 237 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 356 Write 226 Mixed 264 SusWrite 234 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 52.3 167% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 157 119% 161 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 125%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 256GB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 88 88 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 87.3 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 26.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

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

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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 $129Bench 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: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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