Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.2% 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	73.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 100 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 176 73% 120 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 271 36% 267 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 72%

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: 388.13 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 18.5 16% 18.2 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 15.7 16% 20 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 317 325 323 277 207 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 375 Write 342 Mixed 251 SusWrite 295 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 25.1 90% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 203 173% 252 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 143 141 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 101 Write 118 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 141 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 153GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 116 119 120 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 100 Write 111 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 117 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 189%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 104GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 63 62 63 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 55.5 Write 53.2 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 61.5 72% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 34.9 114% 34.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	704x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	211x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	268x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	52x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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