Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 18:38
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 354 44% 335 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 131 Parallax 140 117% 138 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 123 Splatting 107 109% 137 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 399 Write 380 Mixed 306 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 46.6 164% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 225 205% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Hitachi HCS5C1025CLA382 250GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 139GB free Firmware: JC1OA3EA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 80.2 Write 20.8 Mixed 44.2 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 62%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 122GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 48 32 29 41 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 23 Write 1.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 34.9 18% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 35%
Maxtor STM380215AS 80GB 2,067 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 46GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 60 60 57 59 58 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 10.7 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 52.8 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 0215 CM3X2G1600C9 1314 991995 (996995) 0215 CM3X2G1600C9 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $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	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 $300	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16