Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% 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	84.7% 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, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 00:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 384 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 95% 114 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 117 Splatting 93.8 98% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 5.94 3% 5.15 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 6.78 5% 5.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 221 211 139 99 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 392 Write 246 Mixed 280 SusWrite 166 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.7 157% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 236 175% 232 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 333GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 208 222 221 223 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 428 Write 307 Mixed 336 SusWrite 218 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 25.6 88% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 142 112% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 74%

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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	708x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16