Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 02:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 225 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 597 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 405 Write 325 Mixed 307 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.8 145% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 184 173% 268 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 641GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 419 438 456 455 457 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 419 Mixed 318 SusWrite 438 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.1 161% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 209 185% 280 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 198GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 55.9 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 56.7 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 137 138 137 139 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 137 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 72%

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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	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
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	56x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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