Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	267% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 11:19
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 652 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 504GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 20058361 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6907216 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -45419279153662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 834 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 26487063316057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3334272679 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5480699882 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	6.15% Terrible	Read 68.3 Write 49.4 Mixed 38.3 12% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.3 1% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.15% Great: 7%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,470 Write 1,363 Mixed 1,397 384% 1,744 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 48.6 225% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 160 184% 320 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$85 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 194GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (AB) Unknown 100 100 6 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 51 210454511649 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 6 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10354089768 (F7) Unknown 100 100 323672255 (F8) Unknown 100 100 214859806 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3565 (D2) Unknown 100 100 28	83.9% Excellent	Read 477 Write 335 Mixed 336 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 26 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 47.5 91% 187 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 174GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 457 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31636838392	102% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 403 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34.1 146% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 124 139% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 65GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4340 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 272 (B1) Unknown 94 94 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 44 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14500335632	84% Excellent	Read 484 Write 268 Mixed 272 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 28.5 124% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 67 98% 188 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

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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	714x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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