Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30% 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	151% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 23:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 204 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 411 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 51.4 32% 39.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 34.8 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 547 530 513 515 520 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 573 Write 495 Mixed 425 SusWrite 524 114% 505 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 59 210% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 922 633% 781 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 404GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 170 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 135 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 171 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: FG002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 75.4 Write 73.7 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 75.8 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	704x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	209x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	266x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $184	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) $35	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