Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	157% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 18:31
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 400 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 64 56% 67.9 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 521 565 313 312 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 568 Mixed 566 SusWrite 385 122% 545 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 71.8 238% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 800 581% 755 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 480 Mixed 354 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.9 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 172 181% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 330GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 153 153 151 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 149 100% 136 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)-$74 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 860GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 127 129 141 133 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 66.5 Write 95 Mixed 66 SusWrite 129 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 192% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 85%

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	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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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	715x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	213x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	274x
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	47x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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