Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	167% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 23:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 510 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 467GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 706 706 720 696 700 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 728 Mixed 692 SusWrite 701 157% 696 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.2 207% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 739 DQ Mixed 570 479% 695 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 284%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 352 352 357 357 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 451 Write 347 Mixed 254 SusWrite 355 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 16.3 132% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 69 100% 180 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 226GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 129 126 122 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 154 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 127 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 70%

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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	706x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16