Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 08:07
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 666 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 106 63% 79.5 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 71.3 56% 67.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 8GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3828117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116007066665019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 45 51542556699 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 51542556699 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3828117 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3828117 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3828117 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962140 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37 (F2) Unknown 0 0 52 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5832776	64% Good	Read 498 Write 203 Mixed 278 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 13.8 99% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 14.3 26% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12477832 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8613394116 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (B7) Unknown 90 90 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 223893127201 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1590 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 51539607585 (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 -25228637894736 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15349534248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12948432461	88.7% Excellent	Read 175 Write 134 Mixed 140 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.29 143% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219525384 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4211850 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 472 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 527 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 -101185134526320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1864753357 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23218439989	88% Excellent	Read 128 Write 178 Mixed 136 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.68 196% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 513GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1745 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5979 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 148 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 116% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 71.1 Write 6.72 Mixed 8.27 24% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.89 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 30% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%

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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