Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '24 at 19:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (51^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 182 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 520 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 107 Parallax 108 90% 109 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 92.6 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 446 Mixed 357 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 48.3 162% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 230 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 195GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 396 388 395 382 375 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 452 Mixed 425 SusWrite 368 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 54.1 174% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 186 193 189 192 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 149 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 186 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	49	16	100	48.8"	1280 720	SAM0F9C C49RG9x

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	447x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16