Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 00:31
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 552 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 74.2 63% 78.2 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 65.9 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 373 387 397 405 396 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 433 Write 407 Mixed 294 SusWrite 387 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 45.9 49% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 133%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 32GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 38 38 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 82.3 Write 79 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 40.7 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 60%
WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB 1,105 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 139GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 83 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 78.4 Write 81.6 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 81.8 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 392GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 121 121 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 105 Write 99.1 Mixed 59 SusWrite 121 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 190 188 191 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 153 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 188 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 176 176 175 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 146 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 173 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

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 below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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	73x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	50x
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 $95Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16