Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 640 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 85% 106 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 91.3 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G3CL41763C121S501 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 13GB free Firmware: CL411105 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 38268525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -128462471822470 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1080 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 49 47247851562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38268525 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38268525 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38268525 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18033 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1858 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1858 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6604	73.8% Very good	Read 493 Write 180 Mixed 271 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 14.6 125% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 11 51% 116 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20513 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1224 (B1) Unknown 82 82 375 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 43 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52638197865	110% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.3 170% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 25.5 93% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 845GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115436352 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53397961 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 103081836597 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 43 563431538730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13144 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 4 115436352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48825188228840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2981125014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1970780733	49.7% Average	Read 93.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 76.1 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 736GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7004 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3095 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8224 (0A) Spinup retry count 161 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3953 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257699348531 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6805 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 623 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 111 Write 99.6 Mixed 89.9 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34386936223 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8250 (C2) HDA temperature 117 117 244814446643 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 147 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.22 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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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	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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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