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 above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 628 69% 543 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 249GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3521 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 393 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4051203764	65.3% Good	Read 307 Write 309 Mixed 253 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 21.6 108% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 21 24% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10239025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 105931073393970 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1428 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 76 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 39 81606934558 (C2) HDA temperature 30 39 81606934558 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10239025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10239025 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10239025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8325 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6313 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6313 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7058	50.3% Above average	Read 298 Write 111 Mixed 142 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 9.8 102% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 7.69 23% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 156GB free Firmware: CP100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5504 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11844 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39522 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5596 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 25 (C2) HDA temperature 163 124 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 210310 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.2% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 63.7 Mixed 55.8 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%
BUFFALO HD-PCU2 500GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 133GB free, PID 01d9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 39.5 Mixed 21.9 41% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 27.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
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	56x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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