Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 23:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 442 61% 450 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 74.5 44% 64.6 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 53.3 45% 56 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 273 270 270 262 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 477 Mixed 373 SusWrite 285 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.1 211% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 97GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 178 179 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 430 Write 176 Mixed 205 SusWrite 173 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.4 173% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 176 131% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 597GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 121 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 120 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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