Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 16:25
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 136 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 711 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2114 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 128 Parallax 120 98% 123 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 112 Splatting 113 91% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 242 Write 246 Mixed 269 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 35.9 151% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 230 174% 231 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 54GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 142 134 149 150 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35% Below average	Read 315 Write 135 Mixed 178 SusWrite 146 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 9.8 46% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 72%
M4-CT128M4SSD2 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 89GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 200 200 201 198 199 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 223 Write 204 Mixed 158 SusWrite 200 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 22.4 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 40.6 DQ Mixed 56.1 45% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 86% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 717GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 160 160 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 141 Mixed 109 SusWrite 159 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 50GB free Firmware: FG001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 62 62 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 45.9 Write 41.8 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 62.1 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 41%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 165 164 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 165 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 164 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 347% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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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