Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 416 45% 355 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 81 Parallax 76.3 67% 79.7 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 72.5 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 476GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1657 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 562 (95) Unknown 100 100 32 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11027 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9587 (F5) Unknown 100 100 53024	90.2% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 330 Mixed 347 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 31.1 126% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 62.9 101% 195 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 127%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 449GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1693 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 583 (95) Unknown 100 100 34 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11568 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9976 (F5) Unknown 100 100 54176	89.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 333 Mixed 350 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 30.5 125% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 62.8 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 1x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.5 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 45%

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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	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