Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 00:21
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	89% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 232 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 674 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 142 115% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc24 0G1CS1754D117-82 240GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 153 160 155 168 202 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 343 Write 207 Mixed 210 SusWrite 167 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 32.6 116% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 120 92% 124 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 147GB free Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 298 297 275 296 296 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 473 Write 366 Mixed 255 SusWrite 297 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 29.1 104% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 226 192% 282 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 927GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 120 108 118 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 87 SusWrite 117 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 854GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 123 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 98 SusWrite 131 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 178 165 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 174 Write 176 Mixed 114 SusWrite 175 216% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 70%

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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 $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