Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 361 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 45.8 41% 47.5 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 38 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 533GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 336 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 198329542278 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131434 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 574 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 3 336 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5832565643218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2492872483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 157704482	57.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 93.1 Mixed 77.5 69% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.42 81% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 463GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88785256 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120697838 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (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 66 49 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1169 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 85899345954 (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 -108834471273340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23067730772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73223039766	83.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 155 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

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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 $275	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