Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.5% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 10:29
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 187 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 400 48% 369 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 72.2 58% 72.5 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 60.5 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 393 Mixed 296 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 337 258% 350 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 194GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 387 442 490 478 509 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 654 Write 529 Mixed 530 SusWrite 450 121% 541 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 62.5 208% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 711 524% 691 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 803GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 150 156 159 151 158 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 136 Write 176 Mixed 31 SusWrite 155 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 154 155 148 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 154 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%
Audio Player 4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 2GB free, PID 5661 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 1.8 3% 2.75 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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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	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 $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	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 $295	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