Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 14:49
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 477 62% 470 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 105 Parallax 92.1 88% 102 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11279 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 717 (B1) Unknown 99 99 45 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13564700180	116% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 493 Mixed 479 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.6 165% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 91.8 136% 255 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1028 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30912 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 106 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7344 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6813	93.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 300 Mixed 378 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 31.2 141% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 59.8 105% 204 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 229506392 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1170430 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (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 69 64 605487135 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 798 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 25155623453029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2234495466 (F2) Unknown 100 253 259411884	99.9% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 160 Mixed 161 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 78 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790447931 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1243 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 97 97 262143 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131072 (BC) Unknown 100 94 902562428 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2039 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 404946974 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1742 (C2) HDA temperature 200 127 201864511518 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.3% Good	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 687GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 76.5 Mixed 79.9 104% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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

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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	278x
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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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