Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	88% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 00:07
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 694 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Palit(1569 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 29.7 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 24 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (A2) Unknown 100 100 488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4194438 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7136	88% Excellent	Read 515 Write 303 Mixed 391 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 12.1 128% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 12.3 85% 198 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 550GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 180 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21706 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 35 (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	79.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 132 Mixed 125 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 395GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 137 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 249GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 84.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 93.7 65% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 192GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 91.9 Write 125 Mixed 83.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 188GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 179 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66866 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 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	63.2% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 91.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 88.5 Mixed 86.9 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 133 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 74%

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Desktop 84%

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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