Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 20:57
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 251 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 667 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 135 Parallax 142 118% 141 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 86 77 73 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 406 Mixed 361 SusWrite 102 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 56.5 217% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 51.6 122% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 9GB free Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 77 63 70 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 452 Write 103 Mixed 220 SusWrite 67.7 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 16.2 113% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 10.2 35% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 89%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 62GB free Firmware: SAFC SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 195 176 176 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 469 Mixed 384 SusWrite 216 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41.8 169% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 203 190% 293 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 123 126 126 127 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 134 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 126 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBNT Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBNT Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns

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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	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