Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	106% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 13:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 425 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 3652) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 24.1 16% 20.8 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 17.5 18% 22 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 299 301 300 297 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 419 SusWrite 300 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.6 170% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 322 331 332 328 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 332 Mixed 306 SusWrite 313 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43 143% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 183 157% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

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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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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	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 $184	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