Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '19 at 23:35
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 720 78% 619 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 128 Parallax 120 95% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 111 Splatting 113 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 161 125 182 186 164 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.4% Very good	Read 278 Write 270 Mixed 270 SusWrite 164 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 36.8 128% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 222 170% 229 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 89%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 136 154 143 147 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 320 Write 155 Mixed 188 SusWrite 139 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 8 45% 12 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 72%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 90GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 197 203 202 203 202 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.1% Average	Read 225 Write 198 Mixed 148 SusWrite 197 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 22.6 73% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 99.9 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 54.9 45% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 115 118 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 107 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 117 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 190 193 195 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 197 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 192 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 276% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 50GB free Firmware: FG001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 62 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 43 Write 44.7 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 62.1 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 118GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 106 105 106 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 107 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 25.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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