Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	160% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 20:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 358 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 583 595 586 601 601 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 595 Mixed 599 SusWrite 587 137% 610 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 66.9 220% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 622 473% 643 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 369 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 48.4 172% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 171 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 590GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 120 120 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 120 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$80 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 763GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 131 135 136 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 61.5 Write 96 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 128 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 202% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-017.A00LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 9905474-044.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%

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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	719x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	479x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	215x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	276x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	130x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
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	47x

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