Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.2% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 17:14
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 568 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1681 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 128 Parallax 126 100% 126 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 111 Splatting 100 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 46GB free Firmware: DC7110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43538 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43234 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 816 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 99920 (F2) Unknown 100 100 184821	88.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 305 Mixed 366 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 35.1 124% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 85.3 110% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10324 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 430 (B1) Unknown 96 1 227 (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 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44788264037
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 432GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41224040 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 21570048207 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 47783084064 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 176181 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -21333102550142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40475692198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114239252445	94% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 134 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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