Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 08:36
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 503 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.4 86% 107 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 103 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 1TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 452GB free Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 63 158914707479 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2849752551 (F7) Unknown 100 100 89115002 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38658052 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4439 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57.6% Above average	Read 329 Write 154 Mixed 188 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 25.1 96% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 12.2 40% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 103%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19607 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1070 (B1) Unknown 90 90 118 (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 74 67 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20291071069	64.6% Good	Read 487 Write 128 Mixed 125 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 9.74 98% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 27.4 70% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 558GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1118 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 753 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1756 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 27 (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 5	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.49 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 495GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6305 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6136 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	63.2% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 95.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 215GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 85 21279562 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 973837249 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2368 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 454623258 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 50 85309835 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.8% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 62.7 Mixed 62.2 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 102 134% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 77%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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