Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '16 at 12:17
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 695 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4296409103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 61 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 614 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 33 141734772768 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 55 (EA) Unknown 100 100 149 (F1) Unknown 253 253 128 (F2) Unknown 253 253 96 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.1% Good	Read 467 Write 202 Mixed 253 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 12.5 111% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 12.9 23% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 181 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 9 (C2) HDA temperature 116 113 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 194 Mixed 183 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.45 146% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 524GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 2616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 50 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 146 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.3 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

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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	282x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	110x
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	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16