Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15% 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	95.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 06:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 105 2-Core 193 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 277 37% 277 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1460) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 15.4 14% 17.7 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 17.6 Splatting 20.3 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 20757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 255 (A9) Unknown 100 100 471 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 35 150325362716 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1047 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31133 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10364 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5289 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	95.3% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 481 Mixed 439 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 26.3 134% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 18.3 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 109%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 112GB free Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 77311901723 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 37317 (F1) Unknown 100 100 681 (F2) Unknown 100 100 144 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	78.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 300 Mixed 360 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 17 114% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 16.8 53% 106 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 160 4766 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57395 (C2) HDA temperature 114 65 33 (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	41.7% Average	Read 72.7 Write 72.1 Mixed 78.5 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x2GB 384 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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