Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 20:46
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 571 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 68.9 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 303 300 305 306 306 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,644 Write 1,446 Mixed 601 SusWrite 478 232% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 44.4 208% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 674 598% 897 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 1TB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 931GB free Firmware: RVT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 458 449 464 462 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 443 Mixed 428 SusWrite 459 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 51 188% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 256GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 93GB free Firmware: MVT22D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 302 310 314 308 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 440 Mixed 390 SusWrite 316 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 47.8 194% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 148 150 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 149 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

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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	713x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
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	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16