Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 19:31
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	27%

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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 i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 536 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2564 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 135 114% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 727GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 381 404 444 423 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 447 Mixed 405 SusWrite 398 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 51.1 170% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 302 240% 336 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 85 87 92 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 59 Write 71.7 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 86.6 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 280GB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 82.7 Write 43 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 81.2 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 426GB free Firmware: GK8OA70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 41 42 42 42 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 31.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 41.5 25% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,110 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	445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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