Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 698 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 98 85% 106 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 103 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5585 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 42 249109086258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23484553031 (F7) Unknown 100 100 734073483 (F8) Unknown 100 100 232699351	59.3% Above average	Read 487 Write 362 Mixed 382 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 11.1 55% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 42.7 DQ Mixed 9.79 14% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494235435 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 176094969891 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 179 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 26GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5543342 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43760169 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1629 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 622002212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 473 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25859 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 43 5543342 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	26.2% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 41.4 Mixed 44.8 34% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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	279x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16