Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.6% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 353 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.2 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 23 Splatting 16.8 17% 21.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 33 33 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (AB) Unknown 80 80 80837456 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 823 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 73 73 73 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25185 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2535076877	96.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 472 Mixed 483 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 33.6 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 82.6 110% 202 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 143 11416 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6008 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 44 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 148 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 153GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 104 Mixed 68.1 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 0.47 138% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 189%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 119GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 52 Mixed 48 65% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	704x
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	268x
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 $109Bench 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	52x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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