Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 573 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 55.3 38% 47.8 fps	MRender 54.5 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 38.3 38% 47.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 189 46 36 37 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 439 Mixed 360 SusWrite 126 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.1 188% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 246 215% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 126%
Lacie 2big v2 THB USB3 Raid 0 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 629GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 365 346 338 345 339 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	215% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 291 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 351 204% 282 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.3 259% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 215%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 127 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 127 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 34GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 83 83 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 73 Write 82.5 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 83.9 109% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 5 322% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x8GB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF Builds (Compare 139 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	15x
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,529 samples	8x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x

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Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16