Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	80.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 05:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 235 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 665 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 235 Parallax 160 149% 193 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 149 Splatting 132 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 425GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 311 320 323 326 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 434 Mixed 426 SusWrite 321 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 49.1 154% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 180 148% 219 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 223 214 212 205 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 469 Write 297 Mixed 252 SusWrite 215 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 34.8 123% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 169 141% 212 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 128%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 390 370 414 390 414 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 332 Write 128 Mixed 64 SusWrite 383 164% 227 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 293% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 307%
WD My Passport 259F 500GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 54GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 108 112 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 68 SusWrite 110 136% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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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	87x
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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Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16