Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '21 at 20:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 580 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 112 Parallax 127 100% 121 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 121 Splatting 103 105% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3240G 240GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 281 271 144 203 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 448 Write 319 Mixed 241 SusWrite 238 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 19.3 111% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 63.6 83% 148 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 81%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 110GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 437 425 427 439 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 434 Mixed 318 SusWrite 435 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.2 160% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 173 175% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 203 214 214 207 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 208 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 125GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 41.7 52% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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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 $94Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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