Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 09:41
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 667 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB; EVGA 08G-P4-3067-KR CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 123 97% 121 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.4 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 273 369 309 274 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 415 Mixed 386 SusWrite 294 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 47.6 159% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 221 170% 240 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 128%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 109GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 240 277 274 289 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 374 Write 287 Mixed 258 SusWrite 262 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 29.6 107% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 134 117% 182 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 563GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 166 171 165 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 121 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 168 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 108%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 185 184 180 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 182 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 337% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 139GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 82 86 81 85 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 83 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 82.7 91% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 161GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 34.8 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 37.2 45% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 87%

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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%

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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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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