Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51% 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	77.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 12:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 436 56% 426 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 60.7 52% 63.9 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 53.2 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 116 133 128 139 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 373 Write 218 Mixed 226 SusWrite 129 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 40.5 151% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 116 106% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 438GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 606 632 659 661 653 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 723 Write 664 Mixed 627 SusWrite 637 149% 663 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 81.5 263% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 750 536% 690 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 354%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 462GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 111 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 155 Write 115 Mixed 75 SusWrite 112 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 982GB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 107 105 106 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 76.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 106 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 96%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	86x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	17x

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Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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