Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 14:53
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 693 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 313 198 104 115 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 440 Mixed 347 SusWrite 216 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.5 161% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 210 178% 259 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 250GB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 408 Write 404 Mixed 364 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.5 97% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 160 113% 143 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 98%
Hds72101 0KLA33R RSD HUA 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 239GB free Firmware: GKAOA99A SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 41 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 44 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 41.8 25% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 47%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 5.4 5.2 6.1 4.8 5.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 19 Write 7.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.6 10% 9.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16