Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 06:49
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 519 50% 414 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 171 Parallax 113 93% 133 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 179 Splatting 101 100% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 124 128 143 134 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.7% Above average	Read 187 Write 192 Mixed 157 SusWrite 126 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 23 92% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 91.8 90% 142 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 584GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 124 77 95 94 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 119 Write 84.3 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 99.4 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $40	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