Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.3% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 02:25
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	78.5% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 370 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 2615) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.78 2% 2.12 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2802 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 275 276 277 278 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 278 Mixed 284 SusWrite 276 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.3 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 182 163% 246 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 119 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 77%

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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 $179	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