Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 408 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 48.4 31% 40.2 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 40 28% 34 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8270 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 829 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 275 (AE) Unknown 99 99 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 455 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 44 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 35256 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17253 (F2) Unknown 99 99 81033	107% Outstanding	Read 761 Write 638 Mixed 693 155% 697 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 20.6 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 19.2 85% 192 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 618GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191387008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 107544771615 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2709 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5363 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123583388979771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36269755026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61433185595	99.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 172 Mixed 163 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
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	56x
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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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