Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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.
Boot Drive	40.8% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 18:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 638 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 17 7.4 14 52 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 405 Write 276 Mixed 189 SusWrite 58.7 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 16.7 62% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 41.6 33% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 181 180 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 76 SusWrite 180 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 704GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 175 175 174 172 174 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 140 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 172 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 153GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 71 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 93.7 Write 87 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 71.7 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 516GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 117 116 118 107 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 58.3 Write 119 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 111 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

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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