Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

23 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '22 at 11:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 591 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 86CB) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 5 4% 5.3 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 442 447 409 284 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 444 Mixed 389 SusWrite 394 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 61.2 200% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 158 172% 287 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 127 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 108 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-2133 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 0423 Vulcan-2133 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 42%

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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	713x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	473x
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 $80Bench 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 $300	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 $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16