Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 16:03
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 99.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 591 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1898 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 347.9 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 98.6 73% 89 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 58.6 58% 73.1 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4416 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1669 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 728 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5564209526	131% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 506 Mixed 512 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 49.2 208% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 161 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 36GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4414 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1657 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 665 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2120759416	132% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 507 Mixed 519 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 49.7 210% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 166 179% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3RPR1600C6LV2G 4x2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 31.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 38.8 103% 38.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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