Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 236 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 656 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 73.1 68% 79.5 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 64.5 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 100 100 888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26892 (A5) Unknown 100 100 92 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 53 (94) Unknown 100 100 37780 (95) Unknown 100 100 1285 (96) Unknown 100 100 1188 (97) Unknown 100 100 1259 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 175436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 396155 (F5) Unknown 100 100 430272	88.3% Excellent	Read 512 Write 343 Mixed 355 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 28.8 122% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 60.7 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 851GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60756512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 305529113803 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2941 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098518 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 554827808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33829 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 64424509472 (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 87033217301672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 85234444726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110561890362	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 182 Mixed 181 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.33 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 251GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138487232 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 48 4454150736303 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3088 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 638779428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 179839 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 68719476772 (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 -68642167310616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -12428586241664 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -132107240093180	92.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 97.7 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 71%

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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	209x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	266x
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 $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