Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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	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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 670 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 203 Parallax 198 148% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 905GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 594 645 578 565 570 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 575 Write 493 Mixed 483 SusWrite 561 119% 528 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 78 256% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,104 725% 854 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 372%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 130 133 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 369 Write 154 Mixed 193 SusWrite 131 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 32.1 149% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 158 122% 167 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 184 187 185 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 148 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 184 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 414% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0727 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.1 7 6.5 7 7 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 4.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 6.7 7% 6.48 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 14%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.3% 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 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