Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	132% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 687 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1426 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 88 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 382 421 395 415 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 484 Mixed 397 SusWrite 392 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 66.8 230% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
ATP Velocity MIV 480GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 37GB free Firmware: 140108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 196 207 191 206 207 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 359 Write 348 Mixed 343 SusWrite 198 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 24.1 85% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 126 101% 146 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 298 324 319 324 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 332 Mixed 283 SusWrite 310 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 45.1 171% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 150 141% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 493GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 125 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 150 Write 108 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 125 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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