Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 573 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 75.2 63% 77.1 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 72.9 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 304 299 303 303 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,359 Write 1,475 Mixed 575 SusWrite 468 216% 969 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 50.2 212% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,073 DQ Write 975 DQ Mixed 672 600% 907 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 1TB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 931GB free Firmware: RVT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 450 430 400 459 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 442 Mixed 425 SusWrite 445 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63.6 199% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 256GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 237GB free Firmware: MVT22D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 312 312 312 313 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 441 Mixed 401 SusWrite 324 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.9 214% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 147 150 149 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 149 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

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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	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 $76Bench 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 $176	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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