Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 682 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 110% 132 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 103 62 64 41 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 450 Write 345 Mixed 317 SusWrite 103 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 28.2 128% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 182 165% 248 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 292GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 390 149 175 179 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 339 Mixed 340 SusWrite 256 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.3 150% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 201 191% 299 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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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 1,110 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	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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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