Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 451 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 80% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 97.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13725 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3450 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 468 (B2) Unknown 95 95 96 (B3) Unknown 95 95 184 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3848 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 467 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1920 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25056074316 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25693505302	72.6% Very good	Read 480 Write 286 Mixed 363 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 20.2 93% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 62.7 77% 143 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%
Liteonit LJT-128L6G-11 M.2 2260 128GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DJ7110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2453 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 822457 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 896 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 167367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 176075	89.4% Excellent	Read 482 Write 322 Mixed 377 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 33 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 73.1 107% 200 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 301GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141699688 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16082905 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 588447779 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49556 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 30064771107 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16857746633853 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17944569876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67205780478	59.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 96 Mixed 129 86% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 114%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 160GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 652 (03) Spinup time 185 176 3725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2692 (05) Reallocated sector count 142 142 1263 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2250 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 607 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2084 (C2) HDA temperature 106 88 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 961 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 155 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 196 527	62.8% Good	Read 139 Write 79.7 Mixed 94.7 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GIS Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 0420 F3-1600C11-4GIS 0420 F3-1600C11-4GIS 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	279x
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 $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

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