Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	83.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 09:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 449 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 31.1 21% 26.8 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 24.7 23% 29 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 157GB free Firmware: 57HA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,021 Write 1,025 Mixed 1,120 305% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 284 4K Mixed 68.3 314% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 919 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 241 333% 615 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 207%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14077 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1218 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 124 (A9) Unknown 100 100 339 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 210 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 45 193274118167 (D4) Unknown 100 100 11980 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 306 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4498 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6007 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10944 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	83.1% Excellent	Read 446 Write 274 Mixed 318 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 24.5 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 17.9 54% 119 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 119GB free Firmware: 3000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (64) Unknown 100 100 126999 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 192 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2448 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 51543277596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 42 70 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 525694080 (F1) Unknown 100 100 452945819 (F2) Unknown 100 100 154270596 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 25039	73.5% Very good	Read 523 Write 126 Mixed 204 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 14.5 137% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 9.86 DQ Mixed 7.67 38% 93.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 27.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 121%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	713x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16