Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 02:49
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 694 56% 491 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5390 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 93% 114 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 97 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt 2115 240GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 219GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 419 Write 265 Mixed 320 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 9.29 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 53.2 47% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 66%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24252454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -88854283419494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 81607065625 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 81607065625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24252454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24252454 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24252454 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 103079215104 (E9) Unknown 0 0 362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 351 (F1) Unknown 0 0 351 (F2) Unknown 0 0 416 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524289	66.2% Good	Read 481 Write 233 Mixed 281 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 9.63 106% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 13.2 25% 47 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 2TB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 545GB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 35.6 Mixed 32.2 43% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 13.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	278x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	109x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	14x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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