Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	138% 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 9 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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, 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	28.6 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	Feb 23 '20 at 15:03
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 519 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 150 116% 150 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 140 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: B359 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 345 346 348 351 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 696 Mixed 491 SusWrite 348 122% 542 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 62.4 220% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 363 317% 472 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 153%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 136 141 143 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 450 Write 156 Mixed 209 SusWrite 137 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.4 177% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 170 134% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 126GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 95 97 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 93.9 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 113 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 71.3 Write 72.4 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 114 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 308GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 88 89 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 143 Write 129 Mixed 103 SusWrite 86.9 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 0056 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 7.5 7.6 8 6.7 7.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Read 28.9 Write 7 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 7 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 8%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 73 72 75 76 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 87.3 Write 91.6 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 72.3 95% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 950GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 66 64 67 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 107 Write 94.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 65 106% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.9% 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: 60 62 62 62 66 63 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 87 Write 91.4 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 62.5 95% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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 (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $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 $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