Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 14:00
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 583 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 133 Parallax 154 118% 144 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 252 277 280 279 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 416 Write 279 Mixed 261 SusWrite 264 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 37.5 139% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 176 158% 239 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 401GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 365 471 460 442 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 468 Mixed 377 SusWrite 406 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 39.7 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 238 209% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 122%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 469GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 136 Write 40 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 39.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 669GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 70 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 68.8 90% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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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