Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '19 at 08:01
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 335 52% 376 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 53.2 36% 45.8 fps	MRender 54 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 38.3 38% 47.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 155 153 154 151 153 MB/s Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78% Very good	Read 283 Write 140 Mixed 189 SusWrite 156 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 43.9 156% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 196 147% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	717x
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 $94Bench 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