Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	115% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 193 81% 136 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 659 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 86% 109 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.1 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 147 183 187 175 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 376 SusWrite 198 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.7 213% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 71GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 414 243 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 479 Mixed 398 SusWrite 257 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 308 223% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 95%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 122 121 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 144 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 121 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 160 158 152 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 72.8 Write 138 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 151 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 194% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 90%

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)	64.8% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 63%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,118 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	448x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	141x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	90x
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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	22x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16