Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	81.4% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 00:03
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 688 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 96 Splatting 104 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 83 70 47 77 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 478 Write 228 Mixed 236 SusWrite 84.5 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41 147% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 204 168% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%
SDLF1CRR-019T-1HA1 2TB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 248GB free Firmware: ZR08RPA1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 416 416 406 375 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 298 Write 398 Mixed 331 SusWrite 397 81% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 35 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 233 182% 250 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 629GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 165 169 178 154 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 120 Write 129 Mixed 29 SusWrite 165 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
USB Flash Disk 1GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID ef18 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	2.04% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 2 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 2.4 5% 4.18 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.04% Great: 3%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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	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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16