Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.5% 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 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 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 10:12
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 383 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 411 26% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.7.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 90.6 61% 76.1 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 81.4 58% 68.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 719 (B1) Unknown 98 98 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36913310870	88.5% Excellent	Read 523 Write 174 Mixed 261 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 37.2 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 123 122% 197 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 215742488 (03) Spinup time 95 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13085863 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 50 55835426951 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 622460959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1035 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1269 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 111669149727 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 215742488 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102787157327788 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25000020119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18915135
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2677 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 31 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 77.7 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 178GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 7650 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7050 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166557 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 35 (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	64.8% Good	Read 98.2 Write 128 Mixed 86.4 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 87%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 147GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8687 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2202 (0A) Spinup retry count 116 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 947 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249109676065 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1035 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 562 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 21.3 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.3 126% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 64GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6959 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 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	57.9% Above average	Read 97 Write 105 Mixed 65.4 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%

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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	379x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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