Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 406 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1824 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 19 12% 20.6 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 13.2 Splatting 31 20% 23.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5832836 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 390 (C2) HDA temperature 62 56 188979478566 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7362 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6537 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4622 (F4) Unknown 100 100 89 (F5) Unknown 100 100 132 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1945920	56.8% Above average	Read 312 Write 233 Mixed 311 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 6.09 80% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 7.59 53% 119 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 419GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 166 1875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7070 (C2) HDA temperature 106 102 37 (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	94.8% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 148 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 122% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 198GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 437 (03) Spinup time 157 155 3133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 437 (C2) HDA temperature 103 102 40 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.5 Mixed 100 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.47 110% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0053 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	5.14% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 9.37 Mixed 9.59 15% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.14% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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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	446x
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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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) $37	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