Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '21 at 04:22
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 667 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 220 Reflection 209 Parallax 261 179% 230 fps	MRender 273 Gravity 224 Splatting 176 178% 224 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 390 492 500 498 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,026 Write 850 Mixed 388 SusWrite 435 150% 675 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 29.7 123% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 551 DQ Mixed 258 258% 410 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 182%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 645GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 400 504 512 509 490 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 565 Mixed 611 SusWrite 446 131% 584 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 82.7 264% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 975 656% 795 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 410%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 155 158 162 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 156 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 71 70 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 156 Write 83.2 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 77.5 74% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 85%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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