Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	178% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 04:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 623 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 3885) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	178% Outstanding	Lighting 256 Reflection 233 Parallax 282 209% 257 fps	MRender 293 Gravity 212 Splatting 160 174% 222 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 363 Mixed 218 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.9 149% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 194 163% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 85GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 86 84 78 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 85.7 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 83.3 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,894 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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