Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	174% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 602 66% 524 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B 387E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 63 Parallax 81.9 50% 68.7 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 59 Splatting 51.3 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 470 441 400 387 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 557 Mixed 598 SusWrite 427 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 85 280% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 881 610% 760 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 263 270 307 298 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 475 Mixed 437 SusWrite 285 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.5 209% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 352 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 461GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 263 269 306 297 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 463 Mixed 450 SusWrite 284 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.3 201% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 919GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 171 180 174 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 77.3 Write 73.9 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 175 70% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK - $206

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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