Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 00:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 698 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 132 Parallax 142 118% 140 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4251 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 417 Mixed 377 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.5 228% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 92GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 104 103 104 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 106 Write 78.5 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 105 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 347GB free, PID 3321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 22.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 19.6 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 172% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 539GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 20 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 27 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 19.6 32% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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