Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	312% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 09:28
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 634 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5180 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 3 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.8 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDS100T3XHC-00SJ 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1653 1458 1452 1482 1489 1219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 1,833 Write 1,903 Mixed 1,576 SusWrite 1,459 381% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 278 4K Mixed 87.5 341% 140 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 1,136 DQ Mixed 1158 835% 1065 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 317%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 235GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 104 104 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 103 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 118 118 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 66 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 862GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 136 134 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 98 SusWrite 134 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 67 68 59 59 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 97 Write 89.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 62.7 104% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 66%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 82 84 84 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 81.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 82.5 95% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 449GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 90 85 90 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 109 Write 99.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 87.3 117% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 634GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 80 83 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 82 Write 83 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 80.6 99% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 65%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK - $206

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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