Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI (all builds)
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI-CF
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141121
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 657 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1452 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 73.2 66% 79.7 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 67 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73047146837 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 37 158914510874 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1365802221886 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 938 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6863 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5032 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3523 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 324 Mixed 315 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 13.9 107% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 14.7 27% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789464866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 716 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 716 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914510880 (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 200 200 0	97.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 171 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1600D364L11/8G 2x8GB 992 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 53%

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System: Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	5x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	1x
GTX 760 (192-bit)NvidiaBench 20%, 10,656 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	1x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 8,627 samples	1x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	1x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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