Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 21:58
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 370 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Palit(1569 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 68.8 61% 73.6 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 61.8 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 269 271 278 279 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 679 Write 273 Mixed 365 SusWrite 261 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.6 178% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 284 220% 303 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 454 Mixed 382 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.4 191% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 172 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 540GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 144 147 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 170 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 143 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 860GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 128 140 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 95.7 Write 126 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 130 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 209% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 522GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 41 42 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 39 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 40.1 27% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.5 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-017.A00LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 9905474-044.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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