Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	20.6% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 18:58
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 1.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.4% Below average	Memory 57 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 19.2 30% 38.6 Pts	4-Core 34.2 8-Core 50.2 5% 42.2 Pts	64-Core 41.3 3% 41.3 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.6% Poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 58.6 15% 30.2 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 46.4 Splatting 39 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 108GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9186 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2194 (B1) Unknown 91 91 107 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 252 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15763653880	52.5% Above average	Read 502 Write 126 Mixed 92.3 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 8.46 65% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 26.8 50% 101 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231202 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 134 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 50 214749937713 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 76 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3125 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1210 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2386 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	63% Good	Read 360 Write 253 Mixed 257 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 18 91% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 44.9 59% 106 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58175232 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 51 94530838112 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 39159463966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74231 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64235530872502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12107458808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52224319037
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Fantom External HDD 2TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1TB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 37.9 Mixed 13.3 36% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	MC Read 2.9 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 3.1 10% 3.53 GB/s	SC Read 1.3 SC Write 2.1 SC Mixed 3.3 6% 2.23 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 72%

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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 $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