Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% 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)
Boot Drive	83.9% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 19:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 409 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 80.9 54% 71.6 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.9 50% 61.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: X232201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 254 257 240 201 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 410 Write 273 Mixed 185 SusWrite 230 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.8 139% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 121 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 89%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$30 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 183GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 101 99 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 100 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 61%

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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	703x
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	265x
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 $275	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