Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	80.1% 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

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 03:49
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 431 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 54.4 36% 46.6 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 39 39% 48.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 166 156 143 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 327 Write 212 Mixed 249 SusWrite 153 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.6 161% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 195 141% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,908 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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