Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (1st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 99 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 7.08%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	15.7% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '17 at 00:44
Run Duration	403 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 0.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Memory 8.44 1-Core 19.2 2-Core 16.2 9% 14.6 Pts	4-Core 33.2 8-Core 33 4% 33.1 Pts	64-Core 36.9 2% 36.9 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 26.8 6% 15.7 fps	MRender 35.1 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 43.7 34% 41.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 719 Write 492 Mixed 683 140% 631 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 4.58 42% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 45.2 30% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 243%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2366 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8027 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 37002 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5872 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9794	54.5% Above average	Read 455 Write 277 Mixed 373 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 12.2 56% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 7.42 19% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 4.1 MC Mixed 4.8 13% 4.57 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 2.2 SC Mixed 2.2 9% 3.03 GB/s	Latency 418 10% 418 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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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	711x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
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	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16