Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 07:53
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 594 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 146 122% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 597GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 443 449 441 441 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 399 Mixed 352 SusWrite 414 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 36.7 132% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 204 179% 264 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 419 256 182 147 124 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 443 Mixed 397 SusWrite 265 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58.3 190% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Synology iSCSI Storage 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 873GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 88 91 89 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23% Poor	Read 95.7 Write 90.5 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 89.7 20% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 9.6 33% 9.6 MB/s	DQ Read 88.9 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 72 56% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF Builds (Compare 139 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	15x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,529 samples	8x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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