Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 00:14
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 421 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 236 Parallax 261 130% 219 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 186 Splatting 143 154% 196 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 45 42 42 41 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 442 Write 404 Mixed 318 SusWrite 49.8 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 49.8 169% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 219 201% 308 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 247 321 286 267 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 240 Write 103 Mixed 289 SusWrite 288 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 38.3 137% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 215 184% 268 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 107 108 104 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 112 Mixed 73 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 124 125 118 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 122 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%

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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 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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