Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	158% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 07:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 243 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 687 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 121 99% 122 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.4 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$60 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 733GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T2IA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 632 637 608 611 607 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 613 Write 579 Mixed 555 SusWrite 621 134% 592 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.5 214% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 572 451% 632 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 372%
Marvell Raid VD 0 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 237 233 229 230 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 329 Write 223 Mixed 252 SusWrite 232 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 24 108% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 76.4 91% 158 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%
Generic MassStorageClass 64GB 1,679 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 30 28 32 26 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 85.3 Write 11.3 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 29.3 38% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 69% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 42%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 4TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 161 164 164 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 159 Write 162 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 162 186% 139 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 164% 5.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 712 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	88x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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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