Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	82.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 397 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 116 104% 128 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$93 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 240 296 291 244 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 418 Write 426 Mixed 279 SusWrite 245 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 34.9 117% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 238 201% 293 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 305 326 327 325 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 318 Mixed 295 SusWrite 313 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.4 151% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 183 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 436GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 172 171 168 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 170 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%

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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	714x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	273x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
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 $90Bench 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	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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