Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	203% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 20:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 0.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.3% Below average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 60.6 45% 66.3 Pts	4-Core 81.6 8-Core 102 12% 91.6 Pts	64-Core 71.2 4% 71.2 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1422 1381 1370 640 469 464 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,354 Write 1,500 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 958 276% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 74.5 242% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 353 258% 339 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 308%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 628GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 117 118 119 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 108 Write 90 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 116 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 96%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 530GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 130 128 126 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 128 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 101%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 500GB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 460GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 121 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 123 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston HP698650-154-HYAG 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 4.1 MC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 7.7 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	15x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,529 samples	8x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $747

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