Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 09:42
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 630 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 57.9 50% 61.1 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 51.5 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14536 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 660 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 62 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30781262936	113% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 394 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 48.9 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 117 138% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 154 Write 85.3 Mixed 95.1 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 6.95 4K Mixed 0.56 227% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 208GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21493973285 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2099 (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 97 97 21451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1017 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2099 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2099 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 197568954390 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 98.7 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 148 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 75208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 715 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.2% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 57.1 Mixed 59.4 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 33 Write 31.1 Mixed 12.5 31% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.08 10% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 24GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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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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