Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150129
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 435 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.3 86% 106 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 96.7 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 52 65 72 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 96.3 Write 62.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 65.5 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 79%
Atto DANE00 2TB 257GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 205 204 205 207 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.8% Outstanding	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 59 SusWrite 206 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.23 MB/s

asmedia ASMT1153e 256GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 80GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 20 7.7 8.2 7.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 8.8 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 15.5 14% 9.57 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 240%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,118 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	448x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $94Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16