Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:40
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 645 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 91 Parallax 82.4 69% 86.1 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 75.1 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 480GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225L Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 203 (A3) Unknown 100 100 67 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26805 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) 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 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 140 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 98490 (F2) Unknown 100 100 120705 (F5) Unknown 100 100 214440	54.9% Above average	Read 492 Write 200 Mixed 260 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 13.5 71% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 13.2 19% 33 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 104%
Fujitsu MHY2120BH 120GB-$46 1,318 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 8GB free Firmware: 0081000D Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 14419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5315 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 597115666868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 488677 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454118425 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	20.1% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 35.2 Mixed 23 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 28%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 47GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 118 Write 49.3 Mixed 32.5 70% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.01 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.91 88% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% 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 $90Bench 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 $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 $45	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