Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% 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	93.8% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 743 83% 653 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.1 86% 108 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12759 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1273 (B1) Unknown 99 99 50 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23317001166	93.8% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 394 Mixed 457 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 26.8 153% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 26.2 36% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 805GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 139 10041 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3298 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3149 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (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	81.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.41 4K Mixed 0.27 131% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 400GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 138 10075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (10) Unknown 4 196 73329966067 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3152 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 101 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.26 113% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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