Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 04:31
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 493 54% 427 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 143 Parallax 137 111% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 366 Write 430 Mixed 103 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 5.5 49% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 54GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 154 155 150 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 157 Mixed 183 SusWrite 152 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 38.7 174% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 189 161% 242 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%
Msft Virtual HD 537GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 396GB free Firmware: 10.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 66 67 71 70 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.8% Very poor	Read 71 Write 91.7 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 72.2 18% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 2.2 19% 6.37 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 7.7 12% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 61%
Samsung PM871 M.2 2280 128GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 20GB free Firmware: EMT23D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 107 97 94 94 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 491 Write 155 Mixed 190 SusWrite 106 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38.6 167% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 190 161% 242 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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

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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