Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 497 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42 41% 46.7 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 287 316 311 308 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 614 Mixed 401 SusWrite 340 117% 524 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 60.2 222% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 640 499% 689 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 236%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 136GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 196 197 192 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 255 Mixed 268 SusWrite 197 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.6 172% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 144 136% 212 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 199GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 297 297 297 297 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 419 SusWrite 305 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.9 230% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 414GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 87 89 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 89.4 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	279x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	109x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	14x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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