Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	88.2% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 488 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 124 Parallax 140 114% 135 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 128 Splatting 99.4 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CX1-JB256-HP 256GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: X1J2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 108 100 97 102 96 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 569 Write 263 Mixed 259 SusWrite 108 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 44.5 143% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 174 168% 269 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 116%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 157 152 160 163 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 357 Write 222 Mixed 248 SusWrite 159 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.6 177% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 157 130% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 907GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 189 189 190 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 178 Mixed 116 SusWrite 189 127% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 87%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	704x
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	268x
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 $109Bench 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	52x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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