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 as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 05:25
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 500 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1333 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (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 61 47 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7927089870	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 403 Mixed 415 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 37.8 157% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 26.4 86% 188 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
WD WD80PUZX-64NEAY0 8TB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7.5TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684459464 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1296 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 236224053293 (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	95.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 174 Mixed 151 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.42 122% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 99%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 55GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12518320 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 711 (05) Reallocated sector count 3 3 3974 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 1481957474741 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770393609 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 56 54 739967020 (C2) HDA temperature 44 46 30064771116 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 20 12518320 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23115513936531 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4151309750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66804878	40.4% Average	Read 76.9 Write 63.9 Mixed 53.7 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 49%

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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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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