Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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 9 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 618 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 100 68722294814 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 337999 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 22 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 337999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78075 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11310	87.7% Excellent	Read 524 Write 237 Mixed 302 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 20.8 147% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 62.6 91% 169 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20064 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1466 (B1) Unknown 93 93 73 (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 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 419 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27052274531	96.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 352 Mixed 338 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 25 158% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 57.6 84% 161 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 162 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 887 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (10) Unknown 18 182 330089299274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 751 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 164 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.27 129% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 60GB free Firmware: MS1O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896436397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180389806113 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.9% Good	Read 114 Write 98.3 Mixed 91.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 103%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 1,616 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 256GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 84.3 124% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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