Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '23 at 18:24
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 218 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 614 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 86% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 307 375 333 319 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 421 Mixed 410 SusWrite 297 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 34.6 128% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 271 227% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 123%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 235GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 612 265 649 640 645 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 614 Mixed 143 SusWrite 564 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 57 152% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 568 451% 633 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 989GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 144 145 134 144 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 23.9 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 142 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 691GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 159 162 160 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 95.3 Write 64.4 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 159 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%

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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	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16