Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 20:21
Run Duration	395 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 685 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 119% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 864GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6230 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 63 336592916 (C2) HDA temperature 81 63 386924563 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 220060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.3% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 103 Mixed 98.6 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 714GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 902 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.5% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 139 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	7.19% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 4.41 Mixed 9.24 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.95 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.87 72% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.19% Great: 17%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 7.84 Mixed 9.77 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 7.61 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 29% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x4GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 82%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	242x
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	45x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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