Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.4% 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	106% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 14:15
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 641 71% 560 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 48 32% 41.3 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 40.2 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 941 Write 612 Mixed 687 165% 747 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 22.7 78% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 54.3 69% 123 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 332%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 193 1 1500 (03) Spinup time 253 159 1075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1642 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 161193 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	57.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 93.9 Mixed 90.9 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 67%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 187GB free Firmware: MA24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 190576478 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67401361 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 43 622067749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5229 (C2) HDA temperature 37 57 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 42 190576478 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68745246541284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16652401954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1148250239873	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 133 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 119%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 159GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 197087 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 90.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 70.1 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.14 47% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 143GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42896304 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17160576 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 17734828065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138367 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78258599095320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11585169759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16262257440	73% Very good	Read 156 Write 99 Mixed 136 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.09 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

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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	704x
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	268x
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 $109Bench 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	52x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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