Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 18:05
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 661 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 87% 108 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 81.7 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 60GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 121 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 31 296353005611 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35407615416 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1106611548 (F8) Unknown 100 100 212345900 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1247 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 484 Write 320 Mixed 327 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 22 111% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 36.5 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13250 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1663 (B1) Unknown 89 89 228 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 99809254733	114% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 44.1 178% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 80.1 123% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 225912878 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 91372034 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 43928925505363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (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 75 50 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 301 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 8589934617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 225912878 (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 -81883551496400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37693327096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5912351247	57.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 85.5 Mixed 58.2 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 5.53 4K Mixed 0.42 313% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 167 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9613 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 124 Mixed 102 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 63%

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

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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