Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	49.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '24 at 20:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 588 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 120 Parallax 124 108% 125 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 107 Splatting 92.9 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 170 167 165 157 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 291 Write 212 Mixed 199 SusWrite 161 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 15.1 51% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 226 182% 258 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 213GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 463 511 516 523 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 467 Mixed 454 SusWrite 421 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 41.8 135% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 677 504% 673 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 365%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 264GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 103 Write 85.5 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 118 65% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 160 162 162 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 96.5 Write 137 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 159 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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	70	59	120	27"	1280 720	DEL41D9 DELL S2721DGF

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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	448x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	141x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	90x
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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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