Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	157% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 17:41
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 84A8) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 37.6 28% 34.4 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 34.8 29% 36 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,271 Write 704 Mixed 849 208% 941 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 30.2 200% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 30.2 50% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 24GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 346 Write 333 Mixed 244 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 0.51 8% 4.2 MB/s	DQ Read 2.88 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 0.57 2% 4.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 69%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	Read 181 Write 230 Mixed 200 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 0.65 8% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 2.04 DQ Write 8.26 DQ Mixed 1.22 2% 3.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 644GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 31GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 130 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 99%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 356GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 96.6 Mixed 111 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free Firmware: JC4B 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 119 99 209214646 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 325 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 634 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 182679232 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 756940841 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 11 209214646 (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 -95163590338298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3690019224 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3800233233	37.3% Below average	Read 67 Write 62.8 Mixed 60.4 48% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.52 118% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 24 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	385x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	88x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	52x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
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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