Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 20:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 666 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 86% 109 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 143 75 97 79 58 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 369 Write 248 Mixed 194 SusWrite 108 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 30.7 138% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 203 172% 251 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 92%
SDLF1CRR-019T-1HA1 2TB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 494GB free Firmware: ZR08RPA1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 406 380 385 381 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 275 Write 374 Mixed 308 SusWrite 389 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 34.8 111% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 236 175% 230 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 601GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 127 131 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 164 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 128 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 33% 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%

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