Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 13:33
Run Duration	28583 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 87.1 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 120 59% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 119 16% 121 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 186 173 171 166 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 381 Write 372 Mixed 316 SusWrite 191 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 39.1 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 305 231% 311 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 911GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 73 78 74 73 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 22 Write 85.6 Mixed 32 SusWrite 70.8 38% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 118GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 108 106 114 104 81 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 102 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 14 14 14 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Read 10 Write 11.3 Mixed 13 SusWrite 13.9 9% 12 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 232GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 12 15 13 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Read 11 Write 12.5 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 13.2 9% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 276GB free Firmware: D702 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 193 Write 161 Mixed 80 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1130 3TB 806 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 8GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 38 37 39 36 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 35.4 50% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 49%
ASMT 2115 3TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 107 107 112 105 78 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 100 138% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 72%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 20GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 121 139 75 87 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 106 134% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1130 3TB 806 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 25GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 117 117 113 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 114 136% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%
ST4000DM 005-2DP166 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 339GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 10 10 11 8.8 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 7.2 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 9.7 11% 8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 20%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2TB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 38.3 Write 39.8 Mixed 29 45% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.3 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 60%

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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 $55Bench 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 $85Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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 $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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