Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% 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	104% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 610 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 41.9 36% 46 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 53.7 44% 54.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12793 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1174 (B1) Unknown 94 94 123 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39241255500	104% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 398 Mixed 417 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 37 155% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 78.2 117% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 35 Write 41.1 Mixed 37.7 29% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 988GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171066992 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 983497 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 554827809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12943 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60129542177 (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 -139569257249093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9806005874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5885722125	87% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 149 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 911GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1520 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	99.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 151 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.28 137% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST9160823AS 160GB-$51 538 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 149GB free Firmware: 3.ADC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 57 12956699194 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 928 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 541 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23002 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 92 62 175472944 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0 (FE) Unknown 100 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 56.1 Mixed 52.7 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

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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