Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 21:15
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 93.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 680 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 99 Reflection 140 Parallax 114 81% 118 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 121 Splatting 111 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 43 42 41 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 418GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 331 332 359 342 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 474 Mixed 371 SusWrite 348 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.6 177% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 236 206% 309 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 21GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 62 92 64 67 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 427 Write 246 Mixed 179 SusWrite 91.1 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 19.5 82% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 42.2 46% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 55%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 102 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 101 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 63%

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

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $295	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