Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	104% 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
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 681 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.8 88% 106 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 96 Splatting 86.7 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 113 108 108 109 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 468 Mixed 365 SusWrite 145 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.5 193% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 239GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 445 453 449 448 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 416 Mixed 357 SusWrite 449 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.8 150% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 200 186% 286 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 171 Write 152 Mixed 94 SusWrite 96.8 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 661GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 103 105 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 79 SusWrite 105 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 71%

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

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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