Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	117% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 23:58
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 411 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 7.2 3% 4.63 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 137 118% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 125 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 434 208 169 162 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 464 Mixed 413 SusWrite 260 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63 210% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 76GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 437 318 80 82 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 379 SusWrite 236 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.9 198% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 251 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 557GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 89 87 88 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 88.2 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 74%
WD Game Drive 8TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 6.5TB free, PID 2631 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 249 250 230 241 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 238 Mixed 144 SusWrite 243 291% 217 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 1.4 399% 4.83 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 6.8 DQ Mixed 1.7 293% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 55GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.8 3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 29.5 Write 0.7 SusWrite 3.3 9% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 1314 992069 (997069) 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 1314 992069 (997069) 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns

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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	281x
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	54x
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 $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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16