Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	119% 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	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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 02:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 395 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 89 Parallax 73.6 75% 85.1 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 78.2 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 418 429 272 131 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 486 Mixed 400 SusWrite 279 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 62.9 210% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 324GB free Firmware: DEMD SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 89 Write 88.3 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 87.1 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 377% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 65%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 100GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 87.2 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 82.3 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 79%

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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%

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