Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 675 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 46.6 Reflection 65 Parallax 53 38% 54.9 fps	Gravity 49.6 Splatting 52.3 45% 51 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 616 607 632 631 630 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 516 Mixed 458 SusWrite 622 126% 561 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 66.6 215% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 551 DQ Mixed 949 621% 731 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 393%
WD WD1001FALS-00J7B1 4TB 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 143 147 151 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 150 Write 153 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 148 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s

WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 304GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 86 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 68 Write 72.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 88.1 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 29 29 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 104 Write 24.8 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 29.1 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 83%
Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.5 7.9 7.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Read 37.3 Write 7.2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 7.9 14% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 11%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $273	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 $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