Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 01:39
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 571 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 114% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 140 Mixed 206 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.3 149% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 128 110% 166 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 671GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 443 467 477 477 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 479 Mixed 327 SusWrite 463 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.2 186% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 247 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 120%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 288GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 112 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 112 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 383% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 668GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 104 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 145 Write 116 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 104 141% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.3 170% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 223GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 20 SusWrite 86.6 118% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 18.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

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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-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	705x
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	269x
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 $94Bench 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	53x
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 $273	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 $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