Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 490 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.3 64% 75.7 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72.3 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT120M50 120GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 32GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 100 100 110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1305 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 35 279172874276 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2648059102 (F7) Unknown 100 100 111041832 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66125246	74.8% Very good	Read 485 Write 133 Mixed 193 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 25.7 133% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 35 64% 131 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 77%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2268 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1386 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1130160 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 289 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 236223725603 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 963 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1065 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17584612054 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33818910558	39.9% Below average	Read 435 Write 230 Mixed 239 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 9.38 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 4.58 25% 7.92 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 8.22 10% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 359GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829620 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1303 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7120 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 210454052894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 136 Mixed 154 114% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%

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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	704x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	209x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	266x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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