Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 20:49
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 644 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 203 Parallax 195 173% 203 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 151 Splatting 133 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 34 35 35 35 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 95 93 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 173 Write 140 Mixed 104 SusWrite 93.2 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 118 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%
FINIS FINIS 4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 2GB free, PID f070 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	2.39% Terrible	Read 6.2 Write 0.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 2.5 3% 2.72 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.39% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown ZEUS-1600 4x4GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 65%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	86x
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	27x
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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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