Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 694 77% 608 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 87.6 56% 74.6 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 123 117 113 110 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 421 Write 166 Mixed 218 SusWrite 117 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.5 179% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 187 143% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 151GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 96 Write 93 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.8 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 888GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 114 115 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 92 SusWrite 112 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 64%

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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 $273	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 $185	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