Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 670 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 131 Parallax 132 98% 128 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 124 Splatting 98.7 104% 132 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SS DSC2BP480G4 480GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 218 215 175 177 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 285 Write 200 Mixed 205 SusWrite 196 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 33.2 112% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 148 109% 143 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 377GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 612 625 547 551 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 579 Mixed 544 SusWrite 581 130% 579 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 75.5 232% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,022 686% 828 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 372%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 129 128 130 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 115 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 130 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Xtreem-LV-2400 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0423 Xtreem-LV-2400 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	382x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	88x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	17x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $828

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