Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21% 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)
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 422 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 25.6 Parallax 23.3 20% 24.6 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 25.6 22% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10958 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2168 (B1) Unknown 81 81 385 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2354 (EB) Unknown 99 99 306 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42016289649
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 229GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14089727 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 39 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 27385152589 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 80 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7061 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 94 257702431002 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1427 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 605421602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 23 14089727 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 496	57.8% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 106 Mixed 95.8 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 94GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12963 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2035 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.7% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 7GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 136 Write 28.7 Mixed 41.1 67% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.13 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.42 50% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

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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	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