Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	112% 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-BK (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 694 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 51096 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (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 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17641807370	76.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 341 Mixed 351 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 14.7 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 15.4 21% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 41 (B1) Unknown 93 93 130 (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 59 42 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33173475028	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 406 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 46.7 174% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 22.7 97% 218 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 122%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12070 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 23 (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 0	57.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 97 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 45GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 200 200 75 (03) Spinup time 165 161 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 183574 (C2) HDA temperature 126 112 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	38.1% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 61.8 Mixed 64.1 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 17GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16874 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 26 (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 0	75.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 114 Mixed 104 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.38 118% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop 1.5TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 237GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 37.4 Mixed 18.4 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.04 8% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK - $206

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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