Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 446 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 31 20% 26.7 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14376 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1252 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 128 (A9) Unknown 100 100 339 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 45 193274118168 (D4) Unknown 100 100 11980 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4738 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6147 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11294 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	91.7% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 382 Mixed 363 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 26.5 145% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 47 81% 158 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 135GB free Firmware: MAT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38921946	93.8% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 275 Mixed 280 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 32.5 152% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 64.7 102% 198 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 108GB free Firmware: 3000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (64) Unknown 100 100 157059 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 192 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2448 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 25773473821 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 42 16 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 770188416 (F1) Unknown 100 100 514312627 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225833174 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 28160	77.3% Very good	Read 519 Write 127 Mixed 201 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 14.5 136% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 14.4 67% 158 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 195GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2209 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19500 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389085210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 76 76 12910 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2435	53.4% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 98.4 Mixed 99.9 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 75%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 201GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5180 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2775 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 55 336855060 (C2) HDA temperature 80 50 336855060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 22726 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.5% Average	Read 74.3 Write 80.4 Mixed 78.5 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.53 130% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 27.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 121%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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