Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	87.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 03:43
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 449 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 45.2 37% 45.7 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 384 430 354 184 115 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 350 Write 414 Mixed 301 SusWrite 308 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 36.1 132% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 252 208% 296 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 660GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 159 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 104 SusWrite 158 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 346GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 40 40 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 35.6 Write 37.4 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 39.1 49% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x4GB 3,992 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%

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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