Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	82.2% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 532 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 170GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 921 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196643 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675	92.1% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 436 Mixed 465 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.2 127% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 13.3 62% 130 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10715 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82328400 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 202 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9149 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12561 (F9) Unknown 100 100 528743923	82.2% Excellent	Read 466 Write 416 Mixed 433 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 15.3 122% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 71.3 56% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE6400 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 464GB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 169 169 38679085422 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (C0) Power-off retract count 74 74 32054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 32054 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684511262 (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	80% Excellent	Read 145 Write 134 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 2x8GB 538 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 63%

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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 $273	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 $179	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