Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 22:10
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 265 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 695 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 129 74% 102 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 120 84% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 49 51 51 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 103GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 131 131 131 138 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 30 SusWrite 131 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLK64V6H 3x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.6 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 55%

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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%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16