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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 453 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13231 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1057 (B1) Unknown 98 98 67 (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 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18300093867	95.6% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 340 Mixed 411 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.6 165% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 26 35% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1366 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 16 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30977 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 106 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2 (EA) Unknown 0 0 50 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7760 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7058	82.8% Excellent	Read 519 Write 301 Mixed 380 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 21.2 125% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 20.6 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236800360 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6235016 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8421 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 27139898345095 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8079102809 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26181927543	96.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 147 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 78 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 132 100 25788088616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 97 97 262143 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131072 (BC) Unknown 100 94 902562435 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2039 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 388038689 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2096 (C2) HDA temperature 181 127 201864511521 (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	64.2% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 716GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 95.7 Mixed 83.4 116% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 43%

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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 $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