Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 129 2-Core 237 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 563 61% 482 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 125 Reflection 131 Parallax 107 102% 121 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 61.7 59% 73 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1219 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1227 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197569282083 (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	67% Good	Read 104 Write 130 Mixed 135 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.07 18% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 630GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 57 Write 63.2 Mixed 44.6 70% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 42%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Read 21 Write 4.28 Mixed 5.78 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 24% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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