Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 18:01
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 487 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.6 3% 4.87 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 383 392 229 287 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 406 Mixed 300 SusWrite 325 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 34.6 122% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 63.2 118% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%
WD WD81PURZ-85LWMY0 8TB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 159 161 158 158 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 163 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 158 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.7 252% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 116%
WD WD80EJRX-89TA5Y0 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 990GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 151 149 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 158 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 151 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 217% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%
WD WD101PURZ-85 10TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 213GB free Firmware: 81.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 190 190 186 187 178 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 180 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 185 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 1.4 361% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 85%

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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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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	382x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	88x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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