Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 10:00
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 485 57% 440 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 144 Parallax 137 94% 132 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 139 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: B359 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 274 276 305 333 341 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 332 Mixed 387 SusWrite 306 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50 170% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 47.6 164% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 153%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 270GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 105 108 114 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 106 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 113 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 65 58 55 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 63 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 316GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 58 49 49 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 90.2 Write 85.5 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 53.7 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 85%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 59 45 49 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 84.8 Write 74 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 44.4 78% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 48% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 15 17 37 33 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 13.3 Write 18 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 21.8 26% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 0 27 14 9.1 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 10.9 13% 9.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 10% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

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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	245x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	76x
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	41x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16