Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 642 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 21 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 41.2 Gravity 24.5 Splatting 17.3 21% 27.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 191 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1017 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 164 Mixed 133 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.33 160% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 516GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156158248 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 115410530 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1685 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 21475164181 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34540 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 18 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109156593824821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29509017755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88601943650	84.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 153 Mixed 27.8 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 225GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106145109 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12486 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 81636845417 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 393231 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 538378270 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 106145109 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126375117697370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3774065913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1124294925	50.8% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 83.6 Mixed 25.9 49% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171122360 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18291760 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1665 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25856 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56032143344666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10773179288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83484338363	70.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 32.7 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 362GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 46%
LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 335GB free, PID 106a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 85.4 105% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%
STECH Simple Drive 320GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 206GB free, PID ce07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 21 Mixed 15.6 25% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 79%

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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	447x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	22x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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