Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 20:48
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 532 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 77.2 67% 82.3 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 340 406 410 409 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 415 Mixed 304 SusWrite 372 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.5 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 67 126% 251 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 81 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 141 Mixed 110 SusWrite 82.3 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 310% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 144 146 141 148 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 23.4 Write 43.4 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 142 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 84 87 88 88 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 125 Write 108 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 84.1 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 81 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 140 Write 148 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 82.2 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 39.6 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 41.4 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 334GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 130 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 127 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 129 66% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 186% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 122GB free, PID d000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 34.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 5.6 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 59%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 34.1 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 33.1 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 17%
Maxtor OneTouch 1TB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 207GB free, PID 7300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 41.9 52% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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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 $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