Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1400 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 06:40
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 186 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 556 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 152 Parallax 126 83% 127 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 116 Splatting 109 89% 109 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 133%
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%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 74 71 48 21 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 347 Write 192 Mixed 223 SusWrite 44.7 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 24.8 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 126 104% 151 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 122 124 130 134 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 132 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 131 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 93 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 91.2 Write 89 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 91.9 109% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 1315 BL25664TN1608.16FF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 1315 BL25664TN1608.16FF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 51%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	379x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $828

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