Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '23 at 13:28
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 622 58% 485 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2785 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 191 Parallax 179 141% 181 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 171 Splatting 116 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 163 132 112 118 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 354 Write 377 Mixed 205 SusWrite 140 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 29.2 96% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 83.1 70% 103 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 190 191 200 194 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 107 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 189 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 4x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 67%

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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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Gaming 43%

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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 $50Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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