Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 02:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 470 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 93 84% 96.5 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 78.2 74% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%
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 MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 426 432 431 387 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 452 Mixed 426 SusWrite 408 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 51.8 168% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 294 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 612GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 433 450 450 461 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 399 SusWrite 442 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.5 187% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 252 216% 320 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 170 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 163 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 178 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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