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 (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 596 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 100 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.8 82% 100 fps	Gravity 92.1 Splatting 78 74% 85.1 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7873 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (A5) Unknown 100 100 506900514013 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 38 163210133538 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5892728685916 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2314 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13002 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10828 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6096 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 468 Write 327 Mixed 312 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 20.4 113% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 51.8 99% 200 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 101%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 156 10633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (10) Unknown 0 200 11556184996 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 569 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 146 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.35 131% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 760GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113124544 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25915525 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86072 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 81604378656 (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 77021648523451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8983387392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10942604086	84.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 147 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.34 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 619GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 150 10900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (10) Unknown 3 197 60808474386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 569 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 180 Write 110 Mixed 107 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $94Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16