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 (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '16 at 12:52
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 652 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 SSD 256GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1071 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 122 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2943958295	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 477 Mixed 508 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 146 152% 250 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 97GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2480096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -105424267236765 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 281 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2480096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2480096 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2480096 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7503 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6224 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6224 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22944	48.9% Average	Read 194 Write 107 Mixed 126 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 15.7 101% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 29.5 47% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 66GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2742 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 344 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6710653122	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 405 Mixed 421 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 33.7 146% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 123 137% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 528GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 159 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7743 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 7 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 29996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7739 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 38 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 99.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%
LSI 9650SE-2LP 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 470GB free Firmware: 4.10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 47% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 121 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1087 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 214928 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 102 Mixed 89.2 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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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	707x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x
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 $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	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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16