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 above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 01:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 542 59% 468 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 203GB free Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70317204576986 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2401 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 52 34363146271 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2401 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 358239 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 358239 (F2) Unknown 100 100 334754 (F9) Unknown 100 100 56263	82.9% Excellent	Read 502 Write 251 Mixed 304 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 22.4 124% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 60.7 97% 186 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12224 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5783016852	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 44.7 170% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 106 139% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 68 9803266 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3132609 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -30936649433034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 589103136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 107374182432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 68 9803266 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122548301856821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 718505437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 375896991	60.7% Good	Read 118 Write 94.5 Mixed 64.8 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.02 2% 0.009 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 90%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 14.5 38% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.42 59% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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) $35	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