Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 424 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 58.2 49% 60.5 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 50.7 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 82GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454511648 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30689	80.7% Excellent	Read 509 Write 349 Mixed 271 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 9.97 94% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 40.9 96% 202 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 95%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 58GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1306 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 184684707873 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18826	70.5% Very good	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 288 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 9.78 94% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 45.2 36% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13490 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 133 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.18 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 250 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 102 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 37GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 28 (03) Spinup time 184 178 1766 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1666 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82329 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 190 1328 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 79.5 Write 88 Mixed 82.2 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

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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	705x
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	269x
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 $94Bench 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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