Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 00:14
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 373 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 62 54% 66.5 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.8 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5724 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 152 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8598	72.1% Very good	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 139 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 7.87 76% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 32.8 69% 145 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 80.2 Write 131 Mixed 79.8 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 3.96 4K Mixed 0.66 192% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11176 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 118 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 185GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3470 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 82.1 Mixed 106 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 165GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 70 187280115 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 371505070 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2753 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 656736295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 51 50532153 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 65.9 Mixed 60.8 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 43%
WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB 1,105 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 70GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 164 1 160 (03) Spinup time 163 157 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2805 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 180 180 490 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 192 190 213 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 188 185 386	40.1% Average	Read 72.7 Write 66.8 Mixed 67.9 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 47%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 764GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 38.9 Mixed 15.9 38% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	710x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16