Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.1% 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	68.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 694 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 105 Parallax 100 81% 101 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 81.1 70% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 192 179 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 430 Write 186 Mixed 223 SusWrite 166 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.4 123% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 55.3 60% 101 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 70%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 156GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 479 479 485 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 420 SusWrite 482 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 192 193 192 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 192 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 3,098 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	242x
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	45x
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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16