Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 13:03
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 454 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 112% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS724030ALE640 3TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38686753258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1215 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 206159609898 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.23 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 133 133 12896370857 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1555 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 184684773416 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 115 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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