Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 23:01
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 666 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 79.7 75% 85.4 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 73.7 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 1335 1368 1377 1367 1328 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,768 Write 1,205 Mixed 763 SusWrite 1,321 282% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 63.2 222% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 441 401% 632 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 283%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 88GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 75.3 Write 97.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 75 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 119 119 120 120 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 111 Write 42 Mixed 66 SusWrite 117 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 119%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.8 7 6.8 6 6.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 6 7% 6.88 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $90Bench 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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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16