Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81% 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	73.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 01:44
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 189 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 490 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 83% 109 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 89.4 77% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 87GB free Firmware: 505A SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 124 135 133 122 111 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.7% Above average	Read 214 Write 126 Mixed 159 SusWrite 120 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 28 99% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 107 88% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 229 232 275 261 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 389 Write 268 Mixed 277 SusWrite 253 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 29.7 105% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 139 129% 203 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 4,498 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 421GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 51 50 44 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 92.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 43.2 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 395GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 91 91 86 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 88.7 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 49 52 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 196 Write 69.3 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 42.1 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H - $180

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	86x
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 $109Bench 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 $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