Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z97X-SLI
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 19 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 256
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 664
70% 559 Pts
64-Core 662
41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.2
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
60.8% Good
Lighting 76.7
Reflection 56.1
Parallax 110
62% 80.8 fps
MRender 56.6
Gravity 79.8
Splatting 72.2
58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 170 98 101 94 91 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
63% Good
Read 537
Write 257
Mixed 245
SusWrite 160
66% 300 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 21.5
96% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 57.8
DQ Write 75.5
DQ Mixed 57.9
46% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 63%
Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40
854GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 169 170 167 162 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 158
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 167
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
449GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 130 133 134 134 135 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 162
Write 160
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 129
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.5
167% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1315 CT51264BD160B.C16F 1315 CT51264BD160B.C16F 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
35.7% Below average
MC Read 12.6
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 9.3
32% 11.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 11.7
34% 12 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,910 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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