Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	KAZ-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 600 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 198 Parallax 201 155% 197 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 39 90196869157 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3946 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1715 (F9) Unknown 100 100 104 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 483 Write 169 Mixed 153 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 16.8 95% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 9.75 30% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 117%
OCZ Vector 128GB-$71 1,277 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 56GB free Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 3 3 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3237 (AB) Unknown 80 80 18185552 (AE) Unknown 100 100 701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 2627 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 13 13 13 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108318 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26220 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11604441548	73.1% Very good	Read 507 Write 200 Mixed 284 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.7 126% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 59.3 48% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 103%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 132GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 198 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4415 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 33 (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	94.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 166 Mixed 165 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.58 4K Mixed 0.4 152% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 169 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8279 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 38 (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	50.7% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 80.7 Mixed 70.1 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	380x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	87x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	20x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	27x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16