Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	143% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 10:24
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 666 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 42.4 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 200 200 194 189 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 682 Write 662 Mixed 653 SusWrite 216 124% 553 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65.1 223% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 783 579% 763 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 228%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 80GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 95 90 98 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 258 Write 126 Mixed 178 SusWrite 92.9 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.5 149% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 94.1 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 75 66% 98 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 102 Write 98.3 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 65.3 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 2x4GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	278x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	109x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	14x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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