Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 16:45
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 721 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 128 Parallax 119 95% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 113 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 148 164 170 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 356 Write 280 Mixed 273 SusWrite 166 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 39.1 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 244 182% 241 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 129 142 148 147 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35% Below average	Read 324 Write 153 Mixed 183 SusWrite 143 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 7.6 46% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 72%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 90GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 196 204 204 203 204 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.7% Average	Read 229 Write 204 Mixed 146 SusWrite 202 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 22.3 74% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 55.2 45% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 142 144 144 142 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 137 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 142 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 191 196 194 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 50GB free Firmware: FG001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 45.5 Write 41.6 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 62.1 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 108 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 24.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF Builds (Compare 139 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $160Bench 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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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