Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% 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	95.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 02:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 484 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 163 92% 123 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 118 Splatting 130 94% 113 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 276 272 281 280 279 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 326 Mixed 316 SusWrite 277 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.8 164% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 148 135% 203 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 897GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 173 175 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 168 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 174 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 143 144 144 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 142 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 1315 CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.1% 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	718x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	275x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16