Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	55.2% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 09:55
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 602 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 169 Parallax 140 118% 152 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 152 Splatting 122 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2M080G2GC 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 185GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7710 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3672 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 36 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 46 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 80 44 30401429524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 231481 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	11% Very poor	Read 84.1 Write 113 Mixed 85.8 21% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.35 2% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 11%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$34 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4295884812 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201863462947 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17180196869 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 99 (EA) Unknown 100 100 116 (F1) Unknown 253 253 113 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 498 Write 252 Mixed 297 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 6.01 49% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 5.54 43% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 86%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 127GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 2250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (A2) Unknown 100 100 498 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589842 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2137 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2014	84.7% Excellent	Read 513 Write 311 Mixed 395 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 12 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 12 89% 206 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM162 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 511GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237201832 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 57 124587544358 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2393 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196870 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33350 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 55834574872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84499186578269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35485963962635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 333975596660
Poor: 53% Great: 107%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68939920 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9600185 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1782 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10224 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -138770393329870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7361533108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26570065188	89.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 118 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.69 208% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%
WD WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB 1,147 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 12GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9915 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4517 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 30 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 17% Great: 36%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 925GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 78.4 121% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 61%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 129GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 65GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 59.7 Mixed 68.9 89% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.72 77% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 30%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 22GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 91.3 Write 19.8 Mixed 31.4 48% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.38 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.92 126% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 71%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	449x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	141x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	128x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	90x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	32x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $88Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	22x

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Total price: $648

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