Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 13:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 662 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 116 86% 112 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 95.9 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 170 182 191 205 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 372 SusWrite 209 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.1 219% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 72GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 85 294 273 151 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 479 Mixed 402 SusWrite 228 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.8 160% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 309 224% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 95%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 114 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 142 154 140 150 155 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 78 Write 128 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 149 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 212% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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 @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

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

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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	445x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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