Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 418 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 80.8 79% 90.4 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 83.2 Splatting 74.9 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 639GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 145 144 155 152 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 146 Mixed 105 SusWrite 141 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF Builds (Compare 587 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	282x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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