Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '16 at 22:37
Run Duration	2817 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 473 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 74.1 67% 79.7 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 65.9 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 2960) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 27.5 23% 23.3 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4156 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 60GB-$65 105 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 119 229802352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -124820339529768 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 712 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 58 30068572202 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 30068572202 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 229802352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 229802352 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 229802352 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19829 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14319 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14319 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14271	60.6% Good	Read 463 Write 103 Mixed 142 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 11 113% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 30.7 40% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 77%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 13103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 52 206158430246 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2962412601 (F7) Unknown 100 100 92800825 (F8) Unknown 100 100 74713637	84.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 267 Mixed 348 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 27.1 120% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 51.7 101% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%
Samsung HM020GI 20GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free Firmware: YU100-06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2624 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5443 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 807610 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 151 121 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 52840 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 85 85 15216 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 408728 (FF) Unknown 253 100 0	10.2% Very poor	Read 16.9 Write 18.3 Mixed 17.8 13% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 18%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 9GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 143 141 9825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 69 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 45 (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 1	93.1% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 108 Mixed 121 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.55 4K Mixed 0.64 172% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 61%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 9GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 145 9708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 69 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 48 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 130 Mixed 110 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 3.63 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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