Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 06:55
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 318 38% 292 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 43.5 25% 32.9 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 31.3 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 40GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1517 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 541 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12224 (A5) Unknown 100 100 63 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53929 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58476 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53929 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	90.3% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 294 Mixed 372 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 34.1 130% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 73.9 109% 205 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 98%
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 27GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1505 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23475 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23475 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 0 0 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 624 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 29753798 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1467 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46586 (F2) Unknown 100 100 203972	87.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 322 Mixed 378 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 32.9 115% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 82 115% 212 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 153 Write 120 Mixed 126 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 6.95 4K Mixed 0.7 248% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789399339 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1512 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2534 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176093528094 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 120 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 787GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 79.6 Write 84 Mixed 70.7 100% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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